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Spurway, Maggie – Nurse Education Today, 1995
Describes a continuing education module that addresses care in the community, influences on patients' experience, current social policy, and the role of the carer. The module is designed to help trained nurses integrate patient care from hospital to community setting. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Continuing Education, Nursing Education, Primary Health Care
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Ehrlich, Phyllis – Gerontologist, 1983
Suggests an innovative group structure and process for integrating health care providers and elderly consumers in community health care planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Elderly Health Advocacy Group is described and its developmental processes outlined. Further demonstration for long-range impact is suggested. (Author)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Health Services, Delivery Systems, Geriatrics
Dallas County Community Coll. District, TX. – 1983
This report describes the process and results of a project of the Vice Presidents of Student Services Council (VPSSC) of the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) which was designed to evaluate and establish direction for the District's student services programs. The history of the project is described in an initial section including…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Development, Program Evaluation, School Counseling
Kalish, Richard A. – 1980
This document, one in a series developed to provide technical assistance to 22 Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers, initially discusses several definitions and models of geriatric day care and its relationship to institutional care. The second section focuses on the development of adult daycare, including admission and program policies, funding…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Delivery Systems
Hickey, Tom – 1980
This document, one in a series developed to provide technical assistance to 22 Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers, discusses the rationale for the development of gerontological education as well as the content and program focus of career training and continuing education. The next section examines the current literature on education for long-term…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Health Services, Literature Reviews, Models
Halpern, Howard A.; Bellamy, Cheryl A. – 1979
While much of the development of consultation programs in mental health centers has been independent of the traditional treatment program, this document describes a consultation program which is closely integrated with an agency's treatment program. The emphasis is on system change and the development of prevention programming. The system-crisis…
Descriptors: Clinics, Community Organizations, Consultation Programs, Counselors
Kane, Rosalie A.; Kane, Robert L. – 1980
This document, one in a series developed to provide technical assistance to 22 Long-Term Care Gerontology Centers, consists of two general sections. The first section is devoted to policy issues and themes related to long-term care delivery, including manpower and staffing patterns, coordination, regulation and quality control, teamwork, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Delivery Systems, Gerontology
Knee, Ruth; Krueger, Gladys – 1981
This guide is designed for individuals working in community mental health centers or other mental health programs concerned with needs and problems of the elderly. Section One examines the mental health needs of the elderly, and identifies major community social support programs that help the elderly with social and economic needs. Section Two…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Directories, Federal Programs, Individual Needs
Public Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. – 1981
This report presents the findings of a series of meetings convened by the Department of Health and Human Services for the purpose of first, examining the health needs, priorities, and concerns of minorities; and second, considering related Federal actions. Included is an overview of the meetings' content, as well as individual chapters on the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Government Role
Chen, Martin K. – 1980
One of the major problems in measuring community mental health status is the lack of consensus among mental health workers in psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and epidemiology as to what constitutes mental illness. Additionally, changing social mores preclude a definition of mental illness in behavioral terms. An operational definition of mental…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Community Characteristics, Community Health Services, Definitions
Weissberg, Roger P.; Kuster, Carol Bartels – 1997
This opening chapter provides an overview of the book. Chapter 2 of the book summarizes current data for problem behaviors among adolescents across five areas including: (1) substance abuse; (2) sexual behavior; (3) delinquency and violence; (4) depression and suicidal ideation; and (5) school failure. Next, chapter 3 addresses the efforts to stem…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accident Prevention, Adolescents, Behavior Problems