The paper describes the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at the University of Virginia Medical Center and includes information on the following topics: basic questions about epilepsy; describing and recording seizure activity; first aid in seizure care; the inpatient and outpatient educational service component; admission and referral; international…

The paper discusses the rehabilitation of pediatric cancer patients undertaken by a multidisciplinary team with the arm of returning the children to the classroom. Details including transportation, tutoring, and preparation of classmates are considered. (CL)

Described is the educational program for pediatric inpatients at Geisinger Medical Center (Pennsylvania). It is explained that the program involves a full time special education teacher, permission from parents, and close coordination with the students' home schools. Covered in outline form are such program aspects as purpose, needs, attainable…

The program was shown to be effective in increasing students' knowledge about epilepsy and fostering positive attitudes about those with epilepsy. (DLS)

This article describes the Training in Community Living Program, a new approach to chronic care in Wisconsin, which eliminates hospitalization and which teaches patients the coping skills necessary to live in the community. (Author/AM)

This monograph lists 500 projects receiving federal funding at the beginning of 1990 from the Office of Maternal and Child Health. For most projects the following information is provided: title, address, phone number, name of a contact person, project start and end dates, and a brief description. Projects are grouped into the following categories:…

The cognitive behavioral approach to weight maintenance assumes that obese people should be concerned with weight control rather than weight loss, and it embraces both the behavioral approach and a maintenance program which examines risks, value priorities, and the basic principles of weight loss/weight gain. The University of Maryland offers a…

Developing a group structure that would be self-sustaining without a program staff was a major objective of this project. Techniques of member involvement, positive reinforcement, and information sharing were important factors leading to weight control group success. (Author/BB)

Authors describe their experience in an unusual free clinic in Galveston, Texas, and present implications derived from that experience. (DM)

As part of its work in improving the lives and life changes of children in the Philadelphia region, the Philadelphia Citizens for Children and Youth examined the problem of local childhood lead paint poisoning. This report describes their efforts, beginning with a description of the impact of lead poisoning on children's health and a discussion of…

Describes advance arrangements, local preparations and results of lead poisoning testing done in rural southeastern Illinois. Results confirm that lead poisoning is not confined to urban areas. (HS)

The booklet presents papers from a December 1982 workshop on specific problems in caring for ventilator-dependent children (children with respiratory distress due to prematurity, low birth weight or developmental immaturity). Following excerpts from the keynote address by C. Everett Koop, the U.S. Surgeon General, model programs from Pennsylvania,…

The report describes a model program designed to develop, implement, and evaluate services to health impaired children in compliance with the mandates of Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). The first four chapters provide an introduction, statement of the problem, research strategy, and review of the literature.…

Described is the 12- to 18-month residential treatment program at the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital, a behaviorally oriented rehabilitation program for children who suffer from chronic bronchial asthma. (IM)

Discusses the health problems of diabetes and obesity which are prevalent among the American Indians of Wisconsin, and describes a training program of paraprofessional health educators designed to help alleviate these problems in the Indian community. (JR)