Designed to encourage Native American students in Colorado and New Mexico to pursue health careers, this handbook presents the following information: (1) statistics documenting the need for American Indian health professionals; (2) current career opportunities in the health professions (descriptions of the many health fields and descriptions of…

This paper examines critically the rationale behind providing HP/DP (health promotion and disease prevention) education for allied health professionals and discusses the implications of such education for professional preparation programs. (Author/CT)

This article describes the results of a survey of health professionals to determine their perceptions of "high tech, high touch" in health occupations education. Health professionals' concerns related to five major questions are presented. (CT)

National professional associations now recognize the need for a halt in the present unending proliferation of narrow technical specialists. (Author)

Old titles, abrasive words and a rigidly compartmented education are scrapped in this proposal which bases education on function and provides for ladder progression. (Editor)

An undergraduate health education program at Montclair State College combines a series of specialization and collateral courses plus a professional work sequence which includes an observation of health agencies and field study in health. (JN)

Specific recommendations are offered for curriculum modifications of undergraduate allied health programs that would provide the opportunity for students to achieve skills related to serving the needs of the aging individual. (HD)

Examines the literature on minority experiences in optometry and other health professions, describing programs geared either toward increasing diversity or facilitating acceptance of diversity within the optometric profession, including affirmative action and other institutional support structures. (EV)

This study evaluated a training program designed to prepare unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) in high school settings to recognize and respond effectively to an anaphylactic emergency. Subjects included 53 adults employed by a high school district in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. A training model was developed based on Bandura's…

A profile of New York State reveals that 335 persons from 254 agencies are actively involved in the development and operation of nearly half the State's Health occupations education programs. The functions of advisory groups are described and several types of partnership programs are outlined. (MS)

The latest conditions affecting job demand, advancement, and compensation potential; educational requirements; and job descriptions are reported for allied health careers in the laboratory and hospital as physician assistants; therapists; nurses and nurses aids; dieticians and nutritionists; and dental assistants, hygienists, and laboratory…

General program goals, competency area definitions, and specific area competencies are presented for the preparation of instructors in allied health fields. (Author)