Addressed to allied health educators who are currently developing curriculum, the document summarizes the agenda, contents, conclusions, and implications of a workshop attempt to develop career paths in the area of allied health occupations and professions. Four problems in developing performance-based curricula are attacked: too much data, too…

Based on the premise that ecological and health problems, and human responses to these problems, are directly related to community social and economic conditions, this study examined differences in health, housing, and human concerns across socioeconomically defined neighborhoods in West Virginia. Counties were grouped into three environmental…

Supported by a contract with the United States Public Health Service, the University of Wisconsin Department of Nursing, University Extension, has provided refresher courses for inactive nurses, on a state-wide basis. This is a report of a survey of enrollees in the 18 courses offered between September 1967 and December 1968. The majority of the…

An evaluation was made of 38 programs being carried on in Tennessee colleges and universities in 1969 under Title I, Higher Education Act of 1965. During the first four years, 22 Tennessee institutions were involved in 69 proposals, and received a total of $676,385.15 in funds through June 30, 1969. Eight other subcontracts were also awarded to…

To identify characteristics of existing associate degree nursing programs, a descriptive questionnaire was mailed to 218 programs in state-approved schools of nursing in the United States, its territories, and possessions. The questionnaire was designed to gain information on background characteristics, organization and administration, students,…

This report includes abstracts and evaluations of various ESEA Title I programs in the Los Angeles City Schools during 1969-70. In the five years since spring 1966, ESEA funds and programs have produced great variability in density of services, pupil-teacher ratios, curriculum materials, etc. In 1969-70, under new state guidelines, the following…

The 59 publications, identified through a search of Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) publications and non-ERIC publications, were reviewed and analyzed to identify the major findings, promising developments, strategies, and methodological strengths and weaknesses which exist in curriculums designed for training dental assistants,…

This instructor's guide contains lesson outlines, at Army Subject Schedule level, for experimental programs of conscientious objector (CO) and corpsman training proposed in another Human Resources Research Office report. Most of the present document (Appendixes B-E) covers the following: (1) integrated basic and advanced individual training…

A consideration of nutrition and intellectual growth opens with a glossary of 12 terms and two reports on hunger in America, one by J.L. Frost and B.L. Payne, the other by the Citizens' Board of Inquiry into Hunger and Malnutrition. Included are articles on nutrition and intellectual development in children, by M. Winick; maternal diet, growth,…

The major purpose of this facility planning guide is to develop the necessary information for the writing of educational specifications to house medical secretary programs by (1) assisting planners in the formation of creative housing solutions for desired programs, (2) preventing important considerations from being overlooked in the planning…

The narrative descriptions of local school district projects in North Carolina, funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, are offered in this volume. Information, including photographs, are presented for each of the eight educational districts and for the special schools. Statistical information is also included. (NH)

This document explains the problems and policies which placed manpower in a position of national priority, delineates the various manpower programs which have been designed, and evaluates the directions in which they are moving. Part One attempts to provide an overview of the slow evolution of manpower policy since the founding of the Republic;…

An initial report of the Economic Development Division analyzes rural America from a number of viewpoints: size and characteristics of the rural population, well-being of the rural population, ways of life and making a living, troubled areas, current economic changes, and future prospects. The publication deals briefly with the history of the…

This Canadian annotated bibliography provides 41 items on community planning, community action, community services, and participation, followed by eight related publications on aspects of communities and of social change. Manpower development, human services, dimensions of poverty, and strategies for change are emphasized. Also included are a…

More than 1,000 titles are listed in this bibliography of instructional materials for urban schools, based on information gathered from 60 publishers. The grade levels range from preschool to 12th grade and each citation indicates the appropriate grade. The citations are grouped under the following principal subject headings: business, guidance,…