Sponsored by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the workshop concentrated on ways and means of delivering health services from prenatal care to adolescence with an accent on preventative medicine. (KR)

One of the goals for the upcoming conference will be to generate new ideas on how to support the family's role in delivering services that will result in better health, a thorough basic education, and an awareness in children of their future opportunities. (BR)

In a question-and-answer format Henry H. Krevor, Executive Director of the Appalachian Regional Commission, reports on the present status of the commission and the region and comments on prospects for the future. (Author/DS)

Supports renewed funding of the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) "finish-up health plan" and "highway finish-up program." Discusses at length the need for primary care services, prevention of infant mortality, and the lack of physicians in Appalachia, and how the ARC plans can affect these needs. (LC)

Student health professionals, working as assistants to communities with serious health care problems, helped develop the Shuqualak health center in an area with the highest infant mortality rate in the United States. Describes the Community Technical Assistance Program and the history of the Shuqualak project. (SB)