Supported Employment is an evidence-based practice that helps people with mental illness find and keep meaningful jobs in the community. Given these outcomes the challenge for Supported Employment programs is to rethink the emphasis on immediate work for everyone and help consumers utilize appropriate education and training opportunities available…

The Research Secretariat on Social Services and Community Development was one of the five Hispanic research task forces funded by the Ford Foundation to determine Hispanic research priorities. Its three major purposes were the following: (1) to develop an Hispanic research and policy agenda which recommends research activities and prioritizes…

Reports on emotions of males when a near-fatherhood experience ends in a legal abortion. A sizeable minority of males find their abortion experience more frustrating, trying, and emotionally costly than public and academic neglect of this subject would suggest. Options are suggested to help males deal with abortion's aspects. (Author)

This publication provides an overview of the mental health system as it relates to the general health system and especially as it relates to overall health planning under the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act. There is a need for the staff persons of the health planning agencies and the staff persons of local and state mental…

Thirty-six documents dealing with Hispanic immigrant women are included in this bibliography compiled from the Hispanic Health and Mental Health Data Base. Entires include author, title, source, date, index terms, and an abstract. A brief methodological description of the bibliography's development and analysis of pertinent research literature…

This annotated bibliography provides information for use in developing culturally appropriate mental health services for South East Asian refugees in the United States. The annotations are divided into four sections by population group: Cambodian, Laotian and Hmong, Vietnamese, and Indochinese. For each annotation, the primary audience is noted,…

This Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) directory catalogues the Federal, State, local, and private decentralized professional health education programs initiated in direct response to the recommendations of the 1970 "Carnegie Commission Report of Higher Education and the Nation's Health." The introductory section briefly presents the…

This bibliography of selected materials on workplace health promotion and education is divided into three parts. The first provides an annotated listing of books, reports, and conference proceedings. The second lists more than 130 articles from professional journals, categorized by subject. The third section samples popular magazine articles. (MT)

This paper discusses the ineffectiveness of Suicide Prevention Centers in terms of the following: (1) diffusion vs. specific focus; (2) client centered orientation; (3) passive approach; and (4) failure to develop minority programs. Suggestions for improving prevention efforts are presented. (JLL)

Current research on adolescent fertility indicates that illegitimacy is becoming concentrated in the teenage and even preteen years. Increasing sexual activity, lack of contraceptive information and techniques, and a desired pregnancy are possible explanations. Some of the problems faced by adolescent mothers include more complicated pregnancies,…

This bibliography brings together much of the literature prepared by individuals, organizations, and agencies that have designed or are attempting to design instruments for the definition and measurement of the levels of health within a given population. It includes citations and abstracts of documents identified by the National Health Planning…

Sudden event-related crises can produce developmental shifts as part of the normal progression of the adult life cycle. Observations of individuals in crisis reveal the occurrence of profound structural changes in perception and experience. (Author)

The annotated bibliography is intended to give health care providers and planners background information and other resources on health transition issues for young adults with chronic health conditions. The 23 bibliographic citations date from 1972 to 1989 and are grouped into the following categories: U.S. demographics and health services…

This selected bibliography of 200 references provides a guide to the professional literature relevant to school mental health published between the years 1970 and 1973. The annotations which accompany each reference are intended to be factual summaries of the author's methodology and results and are not evaluative or critical. The list is arranged…

The problems of youth have in the past attracted considerable concern. The long-term program of the European office of the World Health Organization includes a whole range of activities in this field. The Working Group was convened to review the activities, organization and staffing of youth advisory services. Their report recommends that these…