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Storer, John H.; Frate, Dennis A. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1990
Defining hunger on the basis of poverty or other nonphysiological criteria is misleading. With nutritional data used by human-service agencies, suggests programs with such conception of hunger hurt the efforts at nutritional change. Uses central Mississippi as an example to propose objective nutritional definition and assessment. (TES)
Descriptors: Definitions, Hunger, Nutrition, Poverty
Martinez-Brawley, Emilia E. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1982
Review of rural social work literature of the 1970's indicates research has primarly followed the naturalistic model defined by Taylor, rather than the positivist approach favored by Fischer. Discussed are: surveys and case studies; ethnographies; participatory/action research; historical research; positivistic research; hypothesis testing…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classification, Ethnography, Hypothesis Testing
Deaton, Robert; Clark, Frank W. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
Describes professional training courses in foster care offered by the University of Montana Department of Social Work using a statewide telephone network and written programed instructional materials. Provides operational details of the teleconferencing program and reports results of a follow-up study with participant foster parents and social…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Empathy, Foster Care, Foster Family
Kleinkauf, Cecilia; Robinson, Myrna – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
Reports on the use of teleconferencing to deliver undergraduate courses to geographically remote social work students of the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Describes telecommunications system, courses, teaching methods, and measures of educational effectiveness. (LFL)
Descriptors: Course Content, Distance Education, Higher Education, Professional Education
Morrison, John D. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1985
Describes study of rural or small town community development programs funded by the Small Town Emphasis Program. Outlines program factors including competition, innovation, needs assessment, low income involvement, networks, technical assistance, efficiency, strategy, and timing. Provides examples of six programs and recommends future development…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Resources, Cost Effectiveness
Preston-Anderson, Andrea; Weseman, Marcus – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1983
Explains some socioeconomic problems of farmworkers. Explains a Training and Technology project to train economically disadvantaged Southern farmworkers for industrial jobs. Examines the project's long-term effects on employment, wage rates, and quality of life of 118 participants. Discusses implications for rural social workers serving…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Employment Level, Industrial Education