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Download full textNational Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Washington, DC. – 1991
This publication includes proceedings from a fall 1989 meeting attended by representatives of projects funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the U.S. Public Health Service as part of its infant mortality reduction initiative. It also contains abstracts describing the funded projects and a list of products available to others interested…
Descriptors: Case Records, Child Health, Congenital Impairments, Data Analysis
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1976
The five papers presented at the symposium were discussed and reacted to by the participants. In "Values, Ideology and Social Services" a socio-philosophical approach is used to compare Chicano values to the origins and development of the values behind the Social Welfare System. "An Oral History of a Mexican Immigrant" presents…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Conferences, Cultural Influences
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1982
The papers in this collection were presented at an international symposium on improving the management of urban research, particularly through city-university collaboration. An introductory framework paper summarizes the range of research services available to local government, the types of urban research activity, and the problems of urban…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, City Government, Cooperative Programs
National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, Washington, DC. – 1988
A child born in Japan, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Singapore, or any of 12 other industrialized nations has a better chance of surviving his or her first year than does a child born in the United States. This is because too many babies are born too small, too many are born too soon, and too many mothers never get decent care…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Birth Weight, Community Programs, Employed Parents
Evaluation Research, Newton Highlands, MA. – 1992
A 1991 conference provided a forum where workplace educators could analyze their experience. Participants agreed that establishing a partnership between business or labor organizations and education providers was a key step in developing an effective workplace literacy program. Participants also saw the importance of curriculum development to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Israel, William I., Ed. – 1978
Collected in this volume are the papers presented at the 1978 Chief State School Officers Summer Institute. The program was devoted to political issues in education and focused on a number of current educational problems. Political issues were discussed in relation to a number of areas, including federal education priorities, federal-state…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Career Education
