The option of using Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) to make health services more available and accessible to those who most need them is discussed. The author concludes that a National Health Insurance program will soon emerge and HMO's will be a necessity in that program. (BT)

Those who have chosen environmental health as a career should be prepared to assume leadership roles. New progress in awareness of environmental problems, public commitment to clean environment, and reduced occupational hazards have created the need for dedicated professionals in this field. (RE)

A role delineation model, developed by the National Environmental Health Association to identify the on-job activities of environmental health practitioners, is presented. The model describes the activities performed by three entry-level positions in environmental health. (BT)

Seventy-eight colleges and universities listed by the National Environmental Health Association as offering undergraduate environmental health programs were surveyed to obtain an overview of their programs, students, curriculum and faculties. Areas analyzed include manpower, internships, associate degree programs, employment trends, and faculty…

Described are the results of a nationwide survey, conducted in 1975, to collect data concerning the extent of health authority involvement in checking school plans, inspecting construction, surveillance of school facilities; and the depth and scope of school environmental health and safety programs on a national basis. (BT)

This lesson is the third of a series of six lessons on general environmental health. The series of multiple choice tests covers administration, food sanitation, vector control, housing, radiation, accident prevention, water supplies, waste disposal, air pollution, noise pollution, occupational health, recreation facilities, and water pollution.…

The author calls for a total health care and environmental health policy to be established nationally. His concern is with improving the quality of the environment with today's technology and thereby improving the health of the population. The emphasis is on preventive health care rather than the control of illness. (MA)

Discusses the need for improving environmental services and environmental conditions in penal and correctional institutions. (JR)

Recent California legislation provides for administration of local environmental health problems, traditionally the domain of public health departments, by non-public health organizations. Indications are that the trend of environmental reorganization is along agency lines. Proponents feel that this could be a model for national reorganization.…

This article, reprinted from "The Sanitarian" of May/June 1946, supports a resolution passed by the National Association of Sanitarians advocating the examination of food handlers and operators of food establishments on basic knowledge relating to food sanitation. (JR)

The role of the environmentalist (sanitarian) in the hospital environment is detailed; recent developments in the technical aspects of hospital sanitation programs are discussed. (BT)

Recommendations prepared by the National Environmental Health Association for the immediate creation of a National Health Services System are presented. Recent legislative and planning efforts are reviewed and specific state and local environmental health programs for the future are identified. (BT)

The professional sanitarian with appropriate interpersonal skills is very qualified to be administrator of a sanitation program or general public health program or to function at all administrative levels of public health. His/her particular training and professional orientation prepare him/her for this role. (RE)

The environmental health administrative problem of reducing and/or eliminating individual complaints or requests by integrating them with the planned community environmental health program is discussed. Four parameters are detailed: problem assessment, priority establishment, activity sequencing and the evaluation of program effectiveness. (BT)

Fourteen leading behavioral scientists explore the relationship between environment and health with a focus on the following question: As we look at health care as people receive it in their communities and the realities of America today, what can we do to improve it?'' Philosophical, scientific issues discussed in round table fashion. (LK)