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Green, Lawrence W. – 1979
A discussion is presented of the problems inherent in attempting to develop a national policy for health education. Health education is defined as any combination of learning experiences designed to facilitate voluntary adaptations of behavior conducive to health. The major difficulties facing developers of national health education are identified…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Decision Making, Government Role
Goldston, Stephen E. – 1978
The prevention planning process pursued within the National Institute of Mental Health in 1978 is described and related to federal proposals on primary prevention program planning in the mental health field. The conceptual frameworks and parameters of prevention planning are cited, along with the specific new prevention initiatives to be…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Counseling Services, Environmental Influences, Federal Programs
National Education Center for Paraprofessionals in Mental Health, San Rafael, CA. – 1979
This packet is designed to assist mental health program administrators in planning and implementing more effective training and supervision for program staff, especially paraprofessionals. Training and supervision are combined in these materials because they represent two approaches to the same goal: the enhancement of the competence of current or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Human Resources, Inservice Education, Job Training
Download full textMAYER, HERTA; SCHAMESS, GERALD – 1968
CASE PRESENTATIONS ILLUSTRATING THE USE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF TECHNIQUES EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR LONG-TERM TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR POVERTY-STRICKEN CHILDREN AND PARENTS. THE FORMULATED TREATMENT APPROACH ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE AN EMOTIONALLY CORRECTIVE MILIEU FOR THE CHILD WHILE HE IS LIVING WITH HIS OWN FAMILY. IT IS CONTENDED THAT FACILITIES SHOULD…
Descriptors: Case Records, Community Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Counseling
Bard, Morton – 1968
Universities have responded to increasingly imperative societal demands by expanding their public service activities, often in the form of social action programs. This development has not extended to the field of psychology, in which the university psychological center could effectively serve to collaborate on university-community efforts. Such a…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Higher Education
Getchell, Bud – 1976
This book outlines a carefully developed program for physical fitness. The concept of physical fitness and its physiological basis are examined and guidelines are laid down to enable the reader to evaluate an individual physical exercise program commensurate with his or her age and physical condition. Advanced conditioning methods are described as…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Dietetics, Exercise (Physiology), Health Programs
Lesnoff-Caravaglia, Gari – 1977
Based on the researcher's observations during a month-long visit to the Soviet Union as a specialist in gerontology and guest of the Soviet Ministry of Health, comparisons were drawn between educational intervention procedures in gerontology and/or geriatrics for health care professionals in the Soviet Union and the United States. Locus of such…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Geriatrics, Gerontology
California Univ., Berkeley. School of Public Health. – 1974
This document is a collection of 17 papers on theoretical issues in health education presented at the Dorothy Nyswander International Symposium. The introduction, entitled "Theory and Practice in Health Education: A Synthesis," attempts to highlight some of the features of these papers and their relevance for health education practice. The papers…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Development, Conferences, Group Dynamics
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1974
Faculty of the approximately 175 college programs that are preparing Mental Health or Human Service Technicians or Associates at the A.A. level have been acquiring experience in using a wide range of teaching materials. This document is an attempt to share this knowledge and make a listing of those teaching resources that have been found most…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Health Services, Human Services, Instructional Materials
Alexander, Robert; And Others – 1975
The purpose of this package of collected papers is to present selected aspects of preventive guidance and counseling programs in grades K-12. These are cohesive, developmental programs designed to provide an organized and systematic approach to the preventive mental health of students. The focus of this material is on programs of psychological…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidance, Guidance Objectives
Fleming, Virginia; And Others – 1975
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.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Care, Child Development, Children
White, Donald K., Ed. – 1975
International comparative studies are justified because they can increase the options among which health care decision makers may select approaches suitable to their own circumstances. The collection of papers on management education and training in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom presents a summary of the salient features of the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Education, Administrators, Allied Health Occupations Education
Control Data Corp., Arlington, VA. Professional Services Div. – 1975
Culminating a 6-month assessment effort by Control Data Corporation's (CDC) Engineering Management Operations (EMO), the report was prepared to help meet the Department of Agriculture's need for an assessment of (1) rural health care services research as a whole and (2) the knowledge contained in that research. The CDC "Final Report" was presented…
Descriptors: Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Health Programs
Menker, Barbara W. – 1974
The program to provide basic health information and skills for older persons was sponsored by the city of Palo Alto with the cooperation of 14 health agencies. Weekly morning classes featured 12 topics ranging from exercise to coping with cancer and were presented by health professionals in as nontechnical a manner as possible. The classes were…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Geriatrics, Health Education, Health Programs
Sperling, Edward; Wolf, Edith B. – 1974
This article discusses a program originated in response to the need to serve a most disturbed segment of children in New York City--youngsters discharged from psychiatric hospitals or residential treatment centers. This program directly links separate social institutions--the schools and the mental hospitals--in a plan for unified services to one…
Descriptors: Children, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Mental Health Programs
