This final report of the Title I Task Force on School Support Services shows that poor children in America suffer disproportionately from health and nutrition problems. The report explains why ESEA should be used to reduce these problems in Title I schools. The report also examines current health and nutrition support service programs in Title I…

As the dangers of polluted air to the health and welfare of all individuals became increasingly evident and as the complexity of the causes made responsibility for solutions even more difficult to fix, the National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association felt obligated to give greater emphasis to its clean air program. To this end they…

The original purpose of this project was to demonstrate that the use of intensive counseling services in a hospital workshop along with work activity could provide a basis for easing chronic unemployment among the physically handicapped. Phase II, which this report covers, concentrated on the same objective, but broadened the scope of the project…

In 1966, the California State Department of Public Health was directed to report on lead contamination of the environment and its effects on the people of California. As a result, this report represents information on the sources, occurrence, and distribution of lead in the environment; on studies conducted by the Department; on body burdens of…

Pollution of the general environment, which exposes an entire population group for an indeterminate period of time, certainly constitutes a problem in public health. Serious aid pollution episodes have resulted in increased mortality and a possible relationship between chronic exposure to a polluted atmosphere and certain diseases has been…

Research was reviewed on the current status of phenylketonuria, an hereditary amino acid metabolic disorder that can cause severe mental retardation, physical complications, and emotional difficulties if not detected and treated early in childhood. A majority of the research cited was published in the 1960's. Topics covered were: discovery of…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7-9. SUBJECT MATTER: First aid and survival education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into five sections: bandaging skills, control of bleeding, conditions caused by extremes in temperatures, foreign substances in body openings, and other common emergencies. The publication format of four columns…

Originally presented as a paper at a 1974 Conference on Psychiatric Problems of Childhood, the pamphlet presents a discussion of the psychosocial aspects of adjustment and management of leukemia in children and youth. The increasing length of remissions in acute lymphocytic leukemia is thought to require physicians to consider nonmedical needs of…

The paper suggests the importance of psychological intervention during the initial stages of chronic disease in children, and cites cases illustrating patient reactions. (CL)

The spinal cord-injured street person is especially resistant to rehabilitation. His life style is characterized by the use of physical power and mobility to survive and gain respect. He loses this main form of control and attempts to manipulate the treatment environment to care for him while he avoids confronting his disability. (Author)

The study is a reinvestigation of the effectiveness of the Trail Making Test in discriminating between 51 brain damaged and 72 pseudoneurologic hospitalized male veterans (mean age 36 years). (Author/PHR)

Factors that might concern environmental health and safety or administrative personnel when reviewing plans for a mass gathering are examined. (Author/MJB)

The acute management of suicidal patients requires that the helper (1) be aware of feelings of anger and fear toward these patients and (2) try to understand the nature of the patients' depression and helpless feelings. (MM)

The American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on School Health recommends specific steps for medical emergencies in school and lists seven regulations governing the administration of medication in school. Arthur Retlaw and Associates, Inc., Suite 2080, 1603 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201. (CL)

Reports the presence and use of known carcinogens in Kentucky colleges, junior colleges, and high schools. Includes a listing of known carcinogens and the synonym names under which each may be labeled. (SL)