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Download full textHouston Independent School District, 2017
The Houston Independent School District (HISD)'s campus-based vision screening program is designed to identify students who experience vision impairments, communicate the potential needs to students along with their parents/guardians, and provide service alternatives for students to receive vision care, including services that are offered free of…
Descriptors: School Districts, Visual Impairments, Vision Tests, Partnerships in Education
Houston Independent School District, 2015
The Houston Independent School District (HISD)'s campus-based vision screening program is designed to identify students who experience vision impairments, communicate the potential needs to students and their parents/guardians, and provide service alternatives for students to receive vision care, including services that are offered free of charge.…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Vision Tests, Partnerships in Education, Health Services
US Department of Health and Human Services, 2011
The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) provides a unique resource with which to analyze the health status, health care use, activities, and family and community environments experienced by children in rural and urban areas. The NSCH was designed to measure the health and well-being of children from birth through age 17 in the United…
Descriptors: Human Services, Health Needs, Ethnicity, Poverty
Blachman, Dara; Laughlin, Lynda; Lukacs, Susan; Pastor, Patricia; Howie, LaJeana; Sonnenberg, William; Axelrad, Daniel; Steffen, Barry; Baum, Katrina; Lopez, Marsha; Jekielek, Susan; Nord, Mark; Morisi, Teri; Avenevoli, Shelli; Singleton, James; Colpe, Lisa; Fungwe, Thomas; Ghandour, Reem – Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2009
"America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being" provides annual updates on the well-being of children and families in the United States across a range of domains. A more detailed report alternates every other year with a condensed version that highlights selected indicators. This year, the Forum is publishing the full report…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Well Being, Social Environment, Physical Environment
Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Maternal and Child Health Services. – 1991
This booklet summarizes recent information on the current health status and service needs of America's children. The booklet is intended to present sentinel health measures in a readily accessible and readable format to illustrate what has been accomplished for children and to identify what challenges remain. The booklet's four sections cover:…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Demography, Health Needs
Cypress, Beulah K. – NCHS Advancedata, 1984
This report examines the nature of the conditions presented by adolescents and the health care provided by office-based physicians. The characteristics of patients are noted and the reason for the visit to the doctor and the length of the visit are summarized. Tables present information on: (1) average annual rate of office visits of adolescents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Use, Health Needs, Health Services
Vital & Health Statistics, 1984
The first national estimates on a variety of health indicators for the Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations of the United States are presented in this report, which consists largely of statistical tables containing data from the National Health Interview Surveys of 1978, 1979, and 1980. The primary focus of the report, however, is on four…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cubans, Disabilities, Diseases
Griss, Bob – Access to Health Care, 1988
The problems of access, adequacy, and affordability of health insurance for persons with severe chronic conditions are analyzed. Part 1 defines the target population by considering conceptual and methodological issues, and examines statistics from various national surveys. Part 2 examines the distribution of health insurance throughout the…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Demography, Disabilities, Health Care Costs
Public Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. – 1981
This third volume of the 1981 Report of the Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health presents a compendium of background data on various aspects of maternal and child health in the United States. The volume is divided into two sections. Section I consists of six chapters of text and Section II consists of 120 tables. The text is designed to…
Descriptors: Background, Birth, Children, Environmental Influences
Katz, Linda; Fontes, Janice; Ross, Maureen; Lawrence, Robin; Andrews, John; Kernan, Sharon; Leddy, Tricia; O'Bara, Joan; Young, John – 2002
Dental disease restricts activities in school, work, and home, and often significantly diminishes the quality of life for many children and adults, especially those who are low income or uninsured. Noting that dental caries (tooth decay) is the most common preventable chronic childhood disease, this Kids Count issue brief considers the extent to…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Children
National Center for Health Statistics (DHEW/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. – 1979
This study presents statistics concerning recent trends in the health care sector and detailed discussions of selected current health issues. The first part of this report consists of four chapters, each covering a current issue. Chapter one presents recent data on the health characteristics of minority groups in the U.S. Chapter two discusses the…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Health Needs, Health Personnel, Health Services
Health Resources Administration (DHHS/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. – 1980
The tables and charts in this book act as resources for information on the health status of racial and ethnic minorities and the poor. The four minority groups referred to are blacks, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. The poor are defined as those whose income falls below the poverty line specified by the Census Bureau.…
Descriptors: Demography, Economically Disadvantaged, Health, Health Facilities
Doyle, Timothy C.; And Others – 1978
The effect of future health system changes on the requirements for registered nurse (RN) personnel at the state level are examined in this report. Following a report introduction, chapter 2 discusses the baseline scenario which provides an estimate of RN requirements in the absence of three changes: the introduction of national health insurance,…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Health Needs, Health Services
Peer reviewedMarshall, Edwin C. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1983
Using several assumptions about the supply, productivity, and use of optometrists in Puerto Rico to 2000, several possible supply-demand situations are projected. The role of the Inter American University in these situations is discussed, based on graduates' probable practice locations and the school's program design. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Health Needs
Hing, Esther; Cypress, Beulah K. – 1981
As the American population increases, the health problems of older women will be of greater concern to health planners, because it is the elderly woman who most often survives to old age and has greater need of services. Data from the National Health Survey was used to determine characteristics, conditions, management, and outcomes of patients at…
Descriptors: Females, Geriatrics, Health Needs, Health Services
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