More than 170 key representatives of nursing, allied health and education professions, government agencies, regional and state planning groups, and other citizens participated in the conference, which sought to answer the questions: (1) What is community planning? (2) Who does it? and (3) How does community planning for nursing relate to overall…

A result of two years' experience at the Virgin Islands Training Center, this handbook on Peace Corps volunteer training for community involvement covers types of activities used (one-day community visits, small discussion groups on communities visited, group consultations to develop community exploration methods, field training and its…

The author, a nationally known civil rights leader, declares that while racial integration must be the ultimate objective in a multiracial society, current urban demographic realities preclude the possibility of large scale desegregation. School decentralization and community control are seen as necessary, forerunners and ultimate partners for…

Guidelines are given for establishing temporary (summer) speech clinics for areas not regularly serviced for speech therapy. Information is provided concerning possibilities for financing and administering the program, selection of caseload, staff and personnel, suggested equipment, responsibilities of the state department of special education,…

This report is one of six to be released by as many task forces on educational improvement and reform. The main body of this report consists of five sections: (a) an introduction, which briefly describes the work of the task force; (b) a description of the alternative of community participation in education; (c) recommendations; (d) access to…

This report describes an experimental program in which civilians and police officers work as two-person teams, patrolling fixed "beat" areas in selected urban neighborhoods. These teams work in responding to service calls, aiding regular mobile patrols in their duties, deterring criminal activity and civilian victimization, and…

The basic realities which prompted the development and planning of this 1957 Yearbook (prepared by the Department of Rural Education, National Education Association) are: (1) there are and will always be a need for a large number of small schools; (2) the educational program of every small school can be greatly improved; (3) the extent to which…

Exploring health needs of rural America, the paper concludes that the 2 most basic problems of rural areas are medical manpower and organization of services: the most acute needs are for more primary physicians and for better organization of primary medical practice. Of the various methods considered for geographical redistribution of medical…

In this speech, the author discusses how the principals of the public schools of Los Angeles are dealing with their role changes with regard to decisionmaking since the introduction of mandatory school-community advisory councils in each school. All principals involved in the study made use of, to varying degrees, manipulative strategies to…

The desegregation process has pinpointed areas of curriculum reform that are needed to help establish quality integrated educational experiences. A racial and ethnic mix is only a beginning. Institutional procedures have become established in schools which may prohibit the realization of the goal of integrated education. School systems should…

This handbook provides a model approach to the implementation of community education; it outlines and discusses field-tested steps and establishes the rationale for their implementation in a sequential order. An introductory chapter that explores the unlimited potential of the community education concept is followed by a chapter that identifies…

Hypertensive disease being one of the most important medical problems now facing American medicine brought about the formation of the Federally sponsored National High Blood Pressure Education Program, which included four Task Forces. Task Force 3 reviews in this study information and experience useful for the development of guidelines for…

A criminal justice system cannot be stronger than its weakest link, and corrections has been the weakest component in our system for far too long. Today's challenge is that of bringing together concerned citizens, public agencies, and private agencies in an effort to create a correctional system that works. Correctional programs can accomplish…

Primarily a study in the anthropology of education, the paper examines: (1) an institution charged with the task of cultural transmission, (2) the immediate sociocultural context of the school, and (3) some major sociocultural phenomena and processes both within the school and the community. This 1970 cultural transition study investigates the…

The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the community's sociodemographic factors and the results of its effort to desegregate or integrate its school system. Two overall hypotheses are tested: (1) there is a positive correlation between each of three demographic variables--racial residential segregation, black…