Examined factors affecting attendance by elderly persons at 660 congregate meal sites. Results showed that measures of the quality of services provided (method of food preparation, type of building used, presence of other nutrition programs in the community) predicted attendance more than conventional demographic measures of need. (WAS)

This article describes the development and initial year of a high school-based health clinic. Data collected about the use of the clinic indicate that the clinic provided accessible services that were readily accepted by adolescents in medically underserved communities. (CJ)

Analysis of the data strongly suggests that a sense of obligation to stay informed about current events is related to daily newspaper reading. More than four out of five high scorers on the Guttman civic attitudes scale were daily newspaper readers. (PD)

Examines two motivational models: a drive reduction model in which media use and satisfaction are directed by the gratifications people seek, and an exposure-learning model in which the gratifications are largely received as an accidental result of exposure to media. Concludes that both can be used effectively to represent media use and…

Reports on a research program, conducted by New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, on teletext usage in homes and public sites. Provides information about the public's uses of, expectations for, and fears of electronic text services. (PD)

A single-site, multiple-use model for analyzing trip demand is derived from a multiple site regional model based on utility maximizing choice theory. The model is used to analyze and compare trips to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for several types of use. Travel cost elasticities of demand are compared and discussed. (Authors/JN)

Examines the assumptions which underlie the design of SDI systems with respect to context of use, activities supported by SDI, and characteristics which make documents useful. Relates these assumptions to the failure of SDI to gain widespread acceptance among scientific information users. A 43-item reference list is included. (JL)

Describes a user study by library students to assess user attitudes toward the format and information contained in a microfiche catalog. While indicating general user approval, the survey did not discriminate between views of the catalog as a basic finding tool and as a continuation of traditional card catalog information content. (RAA)

Reasons proposed by researchers to account for the underutilization of public mental clinics by Mexican Americans are summarized and then tested using data from a survey of 666 Mexican Americans in three Southern California communities. It is suggested that ethnic perceptions of emotional problems are most important in determining mental health…

This research is based on data from the 1971 and 1976 Aging in Manitoba Needs Assessment surveys for a total of 6,100 randomly selected elderly Manitobans and the complete health service utilization data for these same individuals. Of 100 persons surveyed in 1971, 72 percent were alive, noninstitutionalized, and appeared in active status on the…

Discusses four conceptual issues in the uses and gratifications approach: the nature of the active audience; the role of gratification orientations in mediating effects; the social origins of media needs and uses; and the shared interest of audience members in perceptions and cognitions about mass media content. (JMF)

Uses of three-dimensional objects in college level history courses are described, including using artifacts to enliven and invigorate classroom teaching and to convey a sense of the past to students. Journal available from Loren E. Pennington, Division of Social Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas 66801. (DB)

Reports that four out of five cohorts maturing between the ages of 61-64 years to 65-68 years exhibited an increase in their use of television for process rather than for content. (GT)

A survey of 768 individuals from 13 Cleveland ethnic groups revealed that more than 50 percent read at least one ethnic newspaper, 30 percent read at least one ethnic magazine, and almost 75 percent listened to an ethnic radio program regularly. Metropolitan mass media use paralleled that of the general public. (GT)

Minimum Competency Testing for high school students is discussed with regard to its development, use, potential, and administration. Various suggestions are presented to help teachers and administrators use the test results more effectively and minimize student and parental fears that low test scores will constitute a barrier to a high school…