Objectives: This teaching idea is designed to increase students' understanding about the principles of a Coordinated School Health Program and apply these principles as they plan a community health program. As students work through the planning process, they will address many of the AAHPERD/AAHE Standards for Health Education Programs. Target…

Community participation in program decision-making and implementation is an ideal that community and academic stakeholders aspire to in participatory research. This ideal, however, can be difficult to achieve. We describe lessons learned about community participation from a quasi-experimental trial aimed at reducing the uptake of smoking among…

The rapid expansion of community mental health programs calls for exploring the primary task, the nature of inputs and outputs, environmental conditions, and subsystem interactions as they affect a community mental health program. The differences between programs organized according to a medical practice model and a human services model are also…

These guides provide orientation and advanced training for Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) personnel. The Trainee Workbook consists of exercises that help trainees to better conceptualize their jobs and learn how to explain EPSDT to clients. Material is included on task analysis, publicity, eligibility…

A teacher helped her students learn how to assess a community and its health needs and how to work with community leaders to plan, carry through, and evaluate a health care program. (Author/MW)

The upward economic flux of Pike County is having a dramatic impact on the traditional morals and values held by the established community. Drug availability has increased proportionately with improved highway systems, accessibility of money, and increasing numbers of youth with their own cars. Although 75% of the population live in isolated…

Hypertensive disease being one of the most important medical problems now facing American medicine brought about the formation of the Federally sponsored National High Blood Pressure Education Program, which included four Task Forces. Task Force 3 reviews in this study information and experience useful for the development of guidelines for…

These three booklets present information about selected aspects of the Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) program. A brief history of the development of the EPSDT program, a description of administrative structure at the national, state and local levels, and a description of the lifestyle typical of many EPSDT…

The purpose of this booklet is to provide answers to basic questions about the Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program. The first section argues that the need for EPSDT is evidenced in statistics on the health status of needy children. Provision of health care for many needy children depends on their…

The Public Health Service's problem in personnel recruitment led to the inception of the Career Development in Global Community Health (GCH). The first group of fellows was enrolled in 1968. Component One traces the history and development of the program. It represents a comprehensive program history between 1966-1972, examines the adherence of…

Prepared by the Public Health Service to clarify the role of health professionals and subprofessionals in the home care field, this guide is directed to dietitians and public health nutritionists who are involved in planning, directing, carrying out, and evaluating the nutrition aspects of medical care programs for patients at home. Program…

Issues in the development of community health education programs for rural areas include: (1) knowledge of disease processes; (2) health care intervention; (3) systems intervention; (4) ethics for change; and (5) program implementation. (JN)

In keeping with its priority to reduce the disproportionate burden of heart, lung, and blood diseases in minority populations, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has established an outreach project called Building Healthy Hearts for American Indians and Alaska Natives. This background report provides an overview of the cardiovascular…

Based on their master's studies in community health nursing, two nurses describe their participation in developing a plan for a local health services agency (HSA). They emphasize the need for nursing input in HSA planning and the contribution that this input can make particularly to school health care. (MF)