Prepared for joint hearings on the impact of the proposed budget cuts on programs affecting children, these background materials describe the main programs which serve children in five general areas. These areas are health services for mothers and children, child nutrition programs, aid to families with dependent children, day care and other child…

This document reports on the Health Advocacy Training (HAT) Project which was a 3-year demonstration program of evaluation, training, and technical assistance to improve health aspects of day care programs operating in the Southeastern Region of Pennsylvania. Section I presents an introduction to the project. Section II presents a comprehensive…

This is a report of a joint Nebraska Wesleyan University-Red Cross project on the Santee Indian Reservation. Through the project, Wesleyan students took a three-credit course in which they learned principles of health education, physical education, recreation, and nutrition, and used their skills on the reservation. The students participated in…

This report documents the speeches and recommendations made at the conference on Health Promotion and Health Education in Early Childhood. An introduction, which discusses the purpose of the conference, is followed by a speech entitled, "Community and Professional Responsibility for Health Promotion in Early Childhood." This speech focuses on a…

This book undertakes the task of portraying the application of planning theory to health concerns. It defines the purposes planning is meant to serve; analyzes the dynamics of social change; identifies the major determinants of change; and examines how planning can best affect those determinants. The book is organized into five major sections: (1)…

This summary of the National Council of Organizations for Children and Youth (NCOCY) Bicentennial Conference on Children contains the text of the major addresses presented at the conference and summary reports of the conference discussion groups. The major topics discussed were family income support, child health, child care, and legislation…

The Public Health Service's problem in personnel recruitment and retention gave rise to the inception of the Career Development in Global Community Health (GCH). Component Three is concerned with the presentation of recommendations. It recommended two basic objectives: training persons for Federal management manpower needs, and providing…

Some museum techniques and methods can be used in fundamental educational programs without elaborate buildings or equipment; exhibitions should be based on valid presumptions and should take into account the "common sense" beliefs of people for whom the exhibit is designed. They can be used profitably in the economic development of local…

After 4 years of operation, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) presents this 1969 annual report and evaluation of its activities as required by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. A brief overview is given of the history of the program, the Federal-state relationship, and strategies for regional development. Appalachia is then…

The staff of a heart and circulatory disease program of a State department of health conducted a special project at a city hospital which showed that a well-organized treatment and education program for patients with congestive heart failure increased the patient's knowledge of his disease, medication, and diet as well as his adherence to a…

The national and local organization and administration of group day care programs in Denmark are outlined in this report. Financing, basic programs, standards, and staff training in each of the four main child care groups are discussed under the following categories: cretches, kindergartens, afterschool groups, and youth clubs. Although all four…

The primary purpose of this analysis is to report on the application of a form of advocacy planning in an inner-city community and then determine how much of what has been learned is relevant to other urban settings that need sociopolitical change. The Brownsville Community Council is one of 26 community development corporations created throughout…

A total of 174 representatives of 14 health professions from 54 Regional Medical Programs attended a 4-day conference to discuss means by which allied health professions can make a maximum contribution to the health service system through Regional Medical Programs. Conference activities included two panel presentations, reports of 10 task forces…

This fourth year report summarizes the services rendered during 1969-1970 by the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program and includes a partial evaluation of the accomplishments of the program as compared to its stated goals. The report is based on questionnaire responses by 49 of the 50 programs, including New York City. Because of…

Two documents were released to the press on January 18, 1973, by Secretary Richardson, one summarizing his term of office as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and one reporting on HEW potential for the seventies (SO 005 666, SO 005 699). In an introductory statement prior to the press conference, the question of whether or not we as a…