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World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1989
With the development of tests to detect infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), it has become possible to determine its prevalence and to monitor trends in populations. Such information is valuable in designing, implementing, and monitoring public health programs for the prevention and control of HIV and the Acquired Immune Deficiency…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Health Programs, Incidence, Prevention
Rochester School for the Deaf, NY. – 1976
Summarized are the presentation of M. Vernon and the Comments of primary panelists from a seminar on Usher's Syndrome, a genetic disease involving congenital deafness and progressive loss of vision due to retinitis pigmentosa. The following topics are addressed: genetics today, nature of Usher's Syndrome, symptoms, prevalence, lay diagnosis for…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Conference Reports, Deaf Blind, Etiology
Download full textNational Institutes of Health (DHHS), Bethesda, MD. – 1990
This report is the product of a National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Noise and Hearing Loss which addressed the characteristics of noise-induced hearing loss, acoustic parameters of hazardous noise exposure, individual and age-specific susceptibility, and prevention strategies. The report examines the incidence of…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Clinical Diagnosis, Environmental Influences, Hearing Impairments
Oyemade, Ura Jean, Ed.; Brandon-Monye, Deloris, Ed. – 1990
Five plenary session presentations and summaries of 10 panel sessions held at a forum entitled "The Ecology of Substance Abuse: Toward Primary Prevention among High-Risk Youth" are provided in this document, which focuses on black youth at high risk for alcohol and drug problems. Experts describe a comprehensive ecological approach to addressing…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, At Risk Persons, Black Culture
Wright, Tennyson J., Ed.; Leung, Paul, Ed. – 1993
This report presents results of a 1992 conference on the unique needs of minorities with disabilities. Major recommendations include: increased coordination of government policies and programs for this population; authorization of targeted research on minorities with disabilities; outreach efforts to ensure participation by minorities with…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Databases, Disabilities, Educational Needs
Identifying the Needs of Drug-Affected Children: Public Policy Issues. OSAP Prevention Monograph-11.
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Substance Abuse Prevention. – 1992
This monograph explores the research findings and experiential knowledge base on toddlers and preschool-age children who were prenatally exposed to alcohol and other drugs. It is designed to influence public policy relating to the needs and early intervention plans for this population, from the medical, child welfare, psychosocial, developmental,…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Development, Child Welfare
