Schools are making a contribution to the nation by furthering the spirits of friendship between the peoples of the Americas. The desire for sympathetic understanding of our neighbor republics has stimulated a demand for information about life and living in these countries. This index and bibliography have been prepared to meet the requests of…

Discusses the poor translation from English into Spanish of election material distributed by the county of Los Angeles. The translation errors in selected pamphlets are analyzed. (NCR)

Discusses the poor translations from English into Spanish of election material distrubuted by the county of Los Angeles. The translation errors in selected pamphlets are analyzed. (NCR)

Two brochures promoting a continuing medical education program were designed. One featured an institutional logo and the other the resort site of the program. The response to the resort cover was double that of the logo (44 to 21); the 23 additional registrants amounted to $6,000 in registration fees. (SK)

Describes steps in developing camp brochures: examining brochures of competing camps; deciding on a message; hiring professional designers and photographers; writing the copy; determining marketing strategies and quantity of brochures needed; reviewing final photo choices; evaluating the brochure; and planning for brochure mailings. (LP)

Focus groups of recent Hmong and Somali immigrants provided information about effective design variables for public service brochures. Participants preferred a bilingual layout. Hmong participants did not like images showing native dress; Somali images must respect cultural aspects of dress. (Author/JOW)

Relapse prevention remains a major challenge to smoking cessation efforts. T. H. Brandon, B. N. Collins, L. M. Juliano, and A. B. Lazev (2000) found that a series of 8 empirically based relapse-prevention booklets mailed to ex-smokers over 1 year significantly reduced relapse. This study dismantled 2 components of that intervention: the amount of…

Objective: To determine the educational impact of placing partner violence resource information in a medical setting. Method: A cross-sectional study with a structured interview. Setting: Emergency department (ED) in an urban academic medical center. Participants: adult patients and visitors. Interventions: Educational materials and community…

A small sample of the 60 indicators contained in the "Condition of Education, 1992" are provided in this brief booklet. Ordering information to receive the complete 421-page book is listed along with the following tables: (1) High school completion rate for 19- to 20-year-olds; (2) student drug and alcohol use; (3) immediate transition…

Two advertisements and two brochures for the California Search and Serve program are presented in this excerpt from the California Search and Serve "Search Guidelines and Resource Manual." The materials are designed to promote community involvement in the identification of handicapped persons, from birth through age 21, so that they may…

The school-based clinic is a primary health care facility located within or on the campus of a public school. The suggested requirements for a school-based clinic are enumerated in five sections dealing with: (1) clinic organization; (2) clinic staff; (3) clinic services; (4) clinic recordkeeping and evaluation; and (5) clinic facilities and…

The use of religious tracts in teaching a course in persuasive communication is described in this paper. Excerpts from a number of tracts are presented to show how religious tracts can be used in teaching about (1) persuasive messages that appeal to fear, (2) the question of ethics in persuasion, (3) appeals to concerns about physiological…

This annotated bibliography lists 152 citations for books, journals, government publications, pamphlets, dissertations, and theses produced between 1846 and 1977. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author, followed by title, imprint, date of publication, pagination, and annotation. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the topic, entries have…

Education certainly encompasses more than that which occurs in the classroom. Every educational experience the student has in or out of class during his formative years will help to determine what sort of adult citizen he will become. There is a possibility that this topic may excite controversy, because many people are convinced that education is…

This publication, a pamphlet included in the B'nai B'rith Occupational Brief Series, directs attention to the many fields of work that are concerned with our nation's health. This career brief focuses on the physician, the key occupation among many in the field of medicine. A list of the specialties recognized by the American Medical Association…