This study was designed to determine the most common health needs and problems that family nurse practitioners (FNP) deal with, to determine how competent FNPs judge themselves to be, to determine what sources in nursing education FNPs judge to be most valuable, and to determine whether or not there were significant differences in the level of…

A research instrument was designed to obtain baseline data for a larger study on health information needs of older black adults. Two dimensions of the study are analyzed: the dissemination of health information and the influence of psychosocial issues on the behavior of older blacks. Two groups of 60 subjects each, one in Michigan and one in…

This Hearing concerns the nation's rural elderly, and focuses on the Elderly Indian in Arizona. Problems addressed include: the lack of transportation, the lack of adequate housing and nursing homes, the scarcity of home care and homemaking services, and insufficient income. Programs in existence, as well as programs that are needed are discussed.…

This Hearing focuses on conditions of the rural elderly in northern Arizona. Arizona has many service programs to respond to the elderly's everyday problems. Some of these problems are unique, but others are similar to those experienced by older Americans throughout the nation. Topics addressed include: transportation, health care services,…

Reported on in this document is the Indochinese Refugee Assistance Program with a consideration for three current developments: (1) the forthcoming admission of an additional 15,000 Indochinese refugees in the United States; (2) possible extension of the refugee program beyond September 30, 1977; and (3) progress toward enactment by Congress of…

Findings are presented from a 1978 survey of 330 parents of developmentally disabled children in Lake County, Illinois regarding their current satisfactions and projected needs. The first section portrays the sample demographics (age, sex, type of disability, yearly family income, area of residence). A section on family support analyzes responses…

The following issues are addressed in this paper: (1) blacks are significantly dependent on public general hospitals for their medical care; (2) public hospitals represent an important community resource to the black community; (3) there are a number of forces at work on public general hospitals to either close or to significantly reduce the…

Ill health and its causes, such as poor nutrition, can keep a child from fully exploiting his environment. Important issues to be considered are as follows: (1) functionally important health problems frequently found in children, (2) techniques which identify the children who have problems, (3) treatment most effective to remedy the problems, and…

This document is a final report of the West Virginia School Health Development and Education Project and consists of the results of five discrete studies and a summary of objectives and outcomes, findings and recommendations. The five studies, conducted over a period of sixteen months in grades 7-12, were: (1) Health Class Offering Study; (2)…

This factbook presents 87 pages of pictures, graphs, diagrams, quotations, statistics, and text aimed at portraying the current status of children in America. The major areas examined include: (1) children in poverty; (2) child health; (3) family changes and day care; and (4) special child care needs for handicapped, abused, or neglected children.…

The handbook is the result of an Indian Teacher Aide Training Program conducted in 1970 at several Indian schools in Arizona. Content of the document was derived from talks, discussions, projects, and lectures included in the training program. As noted, rather than using a university-program-centered approach, a problem-centered approach was used…

This report is primarily concerned with the education of physicians and dentists and with the programs for training physician's and dentist's associates and assistants that are being developed in several university health science centers. The report opens with a summary of the major themes developed during the study. Chapter 2 discusses the…

Preceding the body of the report, a brief review of the literature is provided to acquaint the reader with similarities and differences between national and local trends regarding the demographic characteristics of the physician population. The goal of the statewide residency study was to develop a strategy for the design and allocation of…

The purpose of this research study was to determine whether there was any evidence of a shortage of health care personnel in the southeastern Michigan area; and if there was, to make appropriate recommendations. A questionnaire was sent to 107 health organizations, 50 educational institutions, and 30 professional associations. Responses to the…