It was the intent of this study to determine if fear of negative reactions from the community was having a crippling effect on sex education programs in the state of Illinois and if public and Catholic administrators perceived the importance of sex education differently. (Author)

A Health Opinionnaire'' was constructed to evaluate student concepts in nine areas of health education; results are given. (SP)

Authors explore the feasibility of camping programs for incorporation into the state hospital system of Texas. (CB)

The expertise of Extension or community health educators can be used to mobilize actual and potential patients, professionals, lay people, community groups and specific agencies; program innovations at the state and local levels in Maryland are reviewed. (Editor)

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program of the Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture, seeks to improve the diets of low income families using paid nonprofessional workers called program aides, supervised by professional home economists, to deliver services. (Author/JM)

This paper focuses on the catchment area, administration, continuity of care, staffing and funding of community mental health centers. A companion paper explores the area of planning for services. (Author)

Describes local Head Start programs designed to provide a system of comprehensive health care for children to receive after they leave Head Start. (NH)

The authors attempt to establish what a project is in the vocabulary of the monograph under consideration. An example of a project, the Crisis Center, serves to define the terms community project and community participation. (Author)

Discusses the paraprofessional in the New York area. Findings from the study raise questions not only about the role and training of paraprofessionals but of professionals in community mental health. (Author/EK)

Describes a training program which sought to train a staff of mental health professionals to function in different ways in a reorganized urban mental health system. (AN)

Drug education programs must account for the values of the students at whom such education is directed. Students' commitments to fairness, consistency, compassion, and reasonableness must be honored. Society's laws run counter to students' values, making the role of the drug educator difficult if not impossible. (Author)

The authors present a curriculum for the comprehensive health educator. This program will enable the student to participate in the problem solving seminars and field work which will prepare him to attack the health education problems that he will face on the job. (Author)