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Davis, Sharon; Meyer, Scott; Terrasi, Margaret – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1996
The village center model is designed to eliminate fragmented social service delivery problems in rural areas. The Whole Village Project at Plymouth, New Hampshire, offers interagency collaboration, local control and leadership, and increased client access to family and child services. Alternative strategies are outlined for development of similar…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Morris, Lynne Clemmons – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1996
Distance education has potential to overcome barriers to rural women's participation but must consider women's attitudes toward technology and ways of knowing. Strategies are outlined for developing gender-friendly models of distance education. "Value-added" distance education requires rethinking traditional instructional settings and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Distance Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
Thurston, Linda P. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1996
Formal and informal support systems are essential to empowering rural families to meet basic needs of health, education, and employment. Formal resources (institutions, agencies, professionals) are often lacking in rural areas and families rely on informal resources (extended family, church, social clubs). Characteristics of informal social…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Employment, Empowerment, Family Needs
Bowd, Alan D.; Loos, Cynthia H. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1993
An Ontario study of 68 caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease revealed that those respondents living in more remote areas of northwestern Ontario expressed greater needs for information, education, and social support; experienced significantly more difficulties with morale; and employed coping strategies that reflected an inadequate social…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Role, Caregivers
