The medical profession should cooperate with the public schools in developing comprehensive school health services which go beyond health education and embrace the total physical well-being of the pupil. (Editor)

Describes the need for physical education programs to ensure cardiovascular endurance. (GB)

The authors conclude that health educators should administer a Health Concern Questionnaire at the beginning of the school term to develop and revise a curriculum according to the health concerns of the students. By using this questionnaire the teacher is assured he is teaching them what they want to know. (Author)

This neighborhood medical care center serves 45,000 low income residents of the South Bronx with the help of area residents hired as health advocates to bridge communications gaps. (BH)

The hospice philosophy seeks to meet the needs of dying patients and their families. These needs include: effective control of pain; to be loved and to alleviate loneliness; to retain dignity and maintain control of as many aspects of life as possible; and to help the family be supportive and adapt to their inevitable loss. (JMF)

A survey of two-year colleges reveals strengths and weaknesses of their health services. (JD)

This article describes the barriers to Asian Americans' ability to use health care services and analyzes the reasons for the health care system's inability to respond to their needs. Finally, it urges social work to contribute to the system's responsiveness and suggests approaches to social work intervention with and on behalf of Asian Americans.…

Traces the medical history of Native Americans since European contact. Provides background for this issue's articles concerning Native Americans and acquired immune deficiency syndrome, diabetes, substance abuse, disabilities, health problems of infants and the elderly, urban health care, and the influence of world view on health. Contains 50…

The Florida National Forum on Health Care drew 75 participants who agreed that schools should be a place for continuing education and a resource for information on community needs for health care. The highest goal is developing a caring, competent generation of children. (SK)

Nursing education should play an important role in developing culturally sensitive health care. Nurses and midwives should be trained in assessing health needs of different cultural groups and developing appropriate care. (SK)

Advocates allocating more money, time, and qualified instructors to the teaching of important health issues in health education classes. (SR)

Needs assessment survey of 268 polio survivors explored incidence of postpolio syndrome and perceived need for and access to social and health care services. Large proportion of respondents reported experiencing postpolio syndrome. Most perceived that they had no access to knowledgeable physicians or social and health care services, and most were…

This primary health care model is based on four assumptions: emphasis on collective, not individual, needs; coordination of preventive/episodic care with secondary/tertiary care; comprehensive, holistic approach; and partnership and equality among professional disciplines and community members. Stakeholders involved are medical, nursing, and…