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Ames, Jennifer L.; Massolo, Maria L.; Davignon, Meghan N.; Qian, Yinge; Croen, Lisa A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Youth with autism spectrum disorder often have complex medical needs. Disruptions of healthcare during the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare may put youth with autism spectrum disorder at higher risk of medical emergencies and high medical costs. We conducted a study among transition-age youth (14-25 years old) receiving healthcare at…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Youth, Adolescents
SKILLICORN, STANLEY A. – 1967
IN THE SUMMER OF 1965, A MIGRANT HEALTH CLINIC WAS STARTED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. THE CLINIC DIFFERS FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S CLINICS BY OFFERING TREATMENT AND MEDICATION, INSTEAD OF ONLY PREVENTIVE SERVICES. THE ENTIRE STAFF, FROM DOCTORS TO BABY-SITTERS, VOLUNTEERS ITS TIME, AND THE CLINIC IS NOW OPEN…
Descriptors: Clinics, Health Needs, Migrant Health Services, Migrant Programs
Bower, Wilma; And Others – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1986
Some children in American schools have known and unknown communicable diseases, including herpes, cytomegalovirus, AIDS, mononucleosis, pinworms, and hepatitis. This article examines major public health issues, school responsibility, preventative measures (like basic hygiene), and the need for more effective community education programs. A disease…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Elementary Secondary Education, Hygiene
Platt, Laurence J.; Cabezas, Maritza C. – 2000
As part of a series of reports designed to support the implementation of Proposition 10: The California Children and Families Act and to provide comprehensive and authoritative information on critical issues concerning young children and families in California, this report describes the scope and severity of early childhood caries (ECC), a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Development, Delivery Systems, Dental Health
Wright, Kynna; Kuo, Alice; Regalado, Michael; Halfon, Neal – 2001
As part of a series of reports designed to support the implementation of Proposition 10: The California Children and Families Act and to provide comprehensive and authoritative information on critical issues concerning young children and families in California, this report examines how child health services can be improved to support two related…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Health, Health Programs
Kester, Donald Leslee; Simpson, Linda Ann Underwood – 1982
In California, school districts are categorized as public health screening centers and are required to have school doctors or school nurse practitioners provide complete physical examination services. A survey was conducted in a school district with an enrollment of about 12,000 students to determine parental attitudes toward this service, and…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Insurance
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
Health sciences education planning for California for 1980-82 is examined. The adequacy of educational programs in meeting the needs of California for professional personnel in medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and optometry is assessed. Data on enrollments and graduation rates in these fields are updated from the 1978 plan, and similar data…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Classification, College Graduates, Dental Schools
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Jensen, Susan, Ed.; Lucich, Mardi, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2003
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Poisoning