This study reviews a group approach in empowering the community through waste recycling activities related to the development of human resources in Jakarta. The specific objectives to be achieved are the wish to understand and find: (1) Conditions of waste recycling empowerment in Jakarta, (2) Mechanisms of a group approach in empowering…

The last of a six-volume series on community adjustment of deinstitutionalized mentally retarded people provides a summary of the study's findings and policy recommendations. Findings are described for each of the five preceeding volumes (sample findings in parentheses): a review of the literature (mentally retarded persons have made reasonably…

Recognizing the need for a health manpower planning system that would insure the recruitment, training, utilization, and retention of area residents as skilled providers of health care, Comprehensive Health Planning, Inc., Metropolitan Chicago (CHP), and the West Side Health Planning Organization (WSHPO) embarked on a 1-year project to demonstrate…

This report examines the challenges facing young people living in rural Australia in relation to their health and well-being and explores the relevance of personal resilience to offset these challenges. Specifically, the report synthesizes the literature on rural Australian youth and the results of focus groups undertaken in five rural…

The paper was a preliminary study of the role of settlement schools in Southern Appalachia. A settlement school was defined as a nonprofit private institution which has a relationship with the community or county in which it is located. The manner in which the school was founded gives some insight into the relationship between the school, the…