Objective: Assessing and understanding the health needs and capacities of college students is paramount to creating healthy campus communities. The American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) is a survey developed by the ACHA in 1998 to assist institutions of higher education in achieving this goal. The…

Context/Purpose: To examine a low-income sample of women in the rural Midwest (N = 1,086) who were screened for perinatal depression through the outreach and education activities within a Healthy Start Initiative project. Specifically, we describe the frequency and severity of depressive symptoms, explore social and demographic correlates of…

Purpose: We examine the relationship between the perceived needs and assessed needs of community-dwelling seniors. Design and Methods: Trained research assistants administered the Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Baseline Survey to 268 community-dwelling older adults in suburban Maryland. Perceived and assessed needs were measured in the…

For the last two decades the foreign language education profession has spent considerable energy establishing professional guidelines for foreign language teacher preparation. This article discusses research that suggests that the profession should now direct its energies toward developing protocols to assist preservice teachers whose mental…

There is a growing expectation that schoolteachers should not only act as educators by delivering the national curriculum, but also be more involved as tier one mental health professionals. In this role they are expected to assume some responsibility in the early identification of children's mental health problems and to refer these children for…

We evaluated the Starting Early Starting Smart (SESS) national initiative to integrate behavioral health services (parenting, mental health, and drug treatment) into the pediatric health care setting for families with young children. Data are presented from five pediatric care (PC) sites, drawing from families at risk due to demographic and…

This document contains the text of a Congressional hearing called to examine the status of aging veterans and health care issues. Opening statements are given by Congressmen Jim Saxton, Thomas J. Tauke, and Christopher H. Smith, and testimonies are presented from 20 witnesses. Members of veterans' associations testifying include representatives…

This document is the text of a Senate hearing on prospects for better health for older women. Senator Glenn's opening remarks discuss the importance of health promotion measures in reducing chronic illnesses, the lack of insurance for these health promotion activities, specific problems for "pink-collar" working women, and biomedical…

A preschool teacher describes her method for getting children who will not nap to spend a quiet hour resting. (ED)

Questionnaires to 613 predominantly Black, urban high school students elicited information on health problems, information needs, and factors affecting health service prior to the opening of an adolescent health clinic in Detroit. Results were used in staff training and program planning for the clinic. (Author/MT)

Reviews available statistics regarding drug and alcohol abuse among Blacks and compares these data to those for Whites. Discusses the negative effects of substance abuse on the Black community and argues that the overall poorer health status of Black Americans is due in part to discriminatory conditions. (GC)

A sports nutritionist/registered dietician on the sports medicine team can provide clients with reliable nutrition information and respond to their interest in healthful, high-energy eating. Three case reports illustrate the usefulness of a nutritionist to practitioners of sports medicine. A chart of healthful foods is provided. (MT)

Contrary to previous research, this study found striking differences in the dental experiences, practices, and beliefs of inner city and suburban seventh graders but few differences between groups with regard to compliance with school-based preventive programs. (GC)

In an attempt to learn whether University Extension can be of use in consumer health education, the author explains how nominal group process is an effective method for determining the perceived health education needs of a small, defined population. (AG)