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Cubillos, Herminia L. – 1987
A demographic profile of the aged Hispanic community, a growing population, is provided. Such socioeconomic data on the Hispanic elderly are needed for developing public policies and programs to meet their growing needs. The following topics are presented: (1) changes in the population; (2) living arrangements; (3) education; (4) employment; (5)…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Attainment, Employment, Family (Sociological Unit)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1985
This report is a summary of the findings from the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care of the United States House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging investigation of cataract surgery and the use of intraocular lenses (IOL's) in the United States. The document provides background on the definition and treatment of cataracts and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Eyes, Federal Programs
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Gendel, Evalyn S. – Journal of the American College Health Association, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Counseling Services, Evaluation, Guidance Programs
Blue Spruce, George, Jr. – Education Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1973
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Dentists
Ward, Mary Jane Morrow – 1978
This study was designed to determine the most common health needs and problems that family nurse practitioners (FNP) deal with, to determine how competent FNPs judge themselves to be, to determine what sources in nursing education FNPs judge to be most valuable, and to determine whether or not there were significant differences in the level of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Health, Health Needs, Job Analysis
Oberteuffer, Delbert, Ed.; Kaplan, Robert, Ed. – J Sch Health, 1969
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Guides, Health Education, Health Materials
Walker-Burt, Gaynell; And Others – 1980
A research instrument was designed to obtain baseline data for a larger study on health information needs of older black adults. Two dimensions of the study are analyzed: the dissemination of health information and the influence of psychosocial issues on the behavior of older blacks. Two groups of 60 subjects each, one in Michigan and one in…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Culture, Blacks, Death
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing concerns the nation's rural elderly, and focuses on the Elderly Indian in Arizona. Problems addressed include: the lack of transportation, the lack of adequate housing and nursing homes, the scarcity of home care and homemaking services, and insufficient income. Programs in existence, as well as programs that are needed are discussed.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1977
This Hearing focuses on conditions of the rural elderly in northern Arizona. Arizona has many service programs to respond to the elderly's everyday problems. Some of these problems are unique, but others are similar to those experienced by older Americans throughout the nation. Topics addressed include: transportation, health care services,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs, Hearings
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Social Security Administration (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Family Assistance. – 1977
Reported on in this document is the Indochinese Refugee Assistance Program with a consideration for three current developments: (1) the forthcoming admission of an additional 15,000 Indochinese refugees in the United States; (2) possible extension of the refugee program beyond September 30, 1977; and (3) progress toward enactment by Congress of…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Suelzle, Marijean; Keenan, Vincent – 1979
Findings are presented from a 1978 survey of 330 parents of developmentally disabled children in Lake County, Illinois regarding their current satisfactions and projected needs. The first section portrays the sample demographics (age, sex, type of disability, yearly family income, area of residence). A section on family support analyzes responses…
Descriptors: Community Services, Developmental Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research, Health Needs
Johnson, Robert B. – 1977
The following issues are addressed in this paper: (1) blacks are significantly dependent on public general hospitals for their medical care; (2) public hospitals represent an important community resource to the black community; (3) there are a number of forces at work on public general hospitals to either close or to significantly reduce the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Blacks, Community Action, Community Resources
North, A. Frederick, Jr. – 1968
Ill health and its causes, such as poor nutrition, can keep a child from fully exploiting his environment. Important issues to be considered are as follows: (1) functionally important health problems frequently found in children, (2) techniques which identify the children who have problems, (3) treatment most effective to remedy the problems, and…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Health, Health Education, Health Needs
West Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston. – 1977
This document is a final report of the West Virginia School Health Development and Education Project and consists of the results of five discrete studies and a summary of objectives and outcomes, findings and recommendations. The five studies, conducted over a period of sixteen months in grades 7-12, were: (1) Health Class Offering Study; (2)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Health Education, Health Needs
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
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