This booklet was prepared to disseminate knowledge of the British National Health System to provide for improved cooperation between clinicians, health scientists, and health administrators in the United States and the United Kingdom. Included are chapters on: (1) the evolution of the British National Health system; (2) its present status; (3)…

This study presents statistics concerning recent trends in the health care sector and detailed discussions of selected current health issues. The first part of this report consists of four chapters, each covering a current issue. Chapter one presents recent data on the health characteristics of minority groups in the U.S. Chapter two discusses the…

The hearings cover four bills, three of which deal with revision or amendment of the Public Health Service Act. The fourth concerns (1) the establishment of a National Health Center for Health Education; (2) health education to reduce illness and death, and to moderate self-imposed risks; and (3) consumer health education and preventive medicine.…

Recommendations prepared by the National Environmental Health Association for the immediate creation of a National Health Services System are presented. Recent legislative and planning efforts are reviewed and specific state and local environmental health programs for the future are identified. (BT)

The new approach taken by the New York City Health Department to the problems of surveillance and maintenance of high sanitation standards in food service establishments is explained. Results of a pilot study are presented followed by the new procedures and evaluation. Future plans are then indicated. (LS)

This article summarizes the final report of a work group on physical fitness and exercise, which identified national trends in these areas for the 1980 report "Promoting Health/Preventing Disease: Objectives for the Nation," published by the Department of Health and Human Services. (JN)

Ways to establish neighborhood walkways--pedestrian areas close to residences and linked to conservation and recreation values--are suggested. Ideas include establishing an advisory team and planning groups, sponsoring community walks, installing route markers, and creating walking guides. (CB)

Issues and topics related to educational challenges in toxicology at all levels are discussed. They include public awareness and understanding, general approach to toxicology, quality structure-activity relationships, epidemiological studies, quantification of risk, and the types of toxicants studied. (JN)

Discusses the Centers for Disease Control's concern with the outcome of violence and application of methods of public health to violence. Indicates that educators can use the same model when dealing with violence. (JOW)

Discusses the report of the National Academy of Science Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation, with particular reference to the possibilities for lowering maximum permissible standards for exposure to man-made radiation. The excessive use of diagnostic X-rays is considered. (AL)

An in-depth examination of the place of Environmental Health Management within a health department. Examines problems of fragmentation of environmental health functions of the federal government, the scope of environmental health, determining environmental needs, and local administrator responsibility. (LK)

The recommendations for nurses to become culturally competent fall into two categories. The first focuses on the content and structure of the encounter between provider and patient; the second charges providers with becoming knowledge about the culture of their patients. Cultural competence is really nursing competence--the capacity to be equally…

Community health nurses serve individuals, families, and groups as they contribute to the health of the population as a whole. Public health nurses' clients are groups, families, and individuals but only as they are members of larger populations described as being at high risk. (JOW)