Offers survey-derived demographic, disability characteristic, living setting, and health and social service receipt and need information on 7,823 developmentally disabled persons age 53 and older. Additional information is presented by age groups and residential settings. Both similarities and dissimilarities were noted between elders in general…

The University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine has established a campus-based ambulatory clinic to encourage university faculty and staff to seek care from medical school physicians and to use its teaching hospital several miles away. Planning and construction, staffing, operations, and student and resident education are described.…

The primary care pediatric residency program at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has developed a training program in rural primary care. Residents experience the many facets of rural practice and are introduced to community-oriented approaches to child health care. (Author/MLW)

Discusses the disparity in health care delivery for whites and blacks as a result of racial prejudice. Presents statistics showing that: (1) black workers are more likely to be exposed to job hazards; and (2) black children make greater use of health care when racial barriers are reduced. (KH)

Discusses the interactive effect of social networks and support systems on parent-child relationships and early childhood development. Suggests that greater attention to family ecology is needed, and raises a number of questions regarding the delivery of comprehensive health services for children and their families. (CJM)

Focusing on the difficult privacy issues inherent in school health problems, this article offers a legal background to the counseling and record keeping responsibilities facing school personnel dealing with the prevalent and potentially stigmatizing student health problems of pregnancy, substance abuse, and sexually transmitted diseases. (MJL)

The current state of dental labor research, dimensions of interest, problems of policy analysis, and the importance of these issues for dentistry are discussed, and a conceptual model for such research is presented. Immediate attention to the research is encouraged because of need and greater opportunities than ever for collaboration. (MSE)

Long-term economic forecasts and public opinion polls suggest that health will consume a growing share of the national resources. New competitive forces and revised reimbursement mechanisms will lead to a redistribution of the health dollar. A model developed by Georgetown University is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Significant improvements in general health and health care services in the U.S. are noted, although many have been obscured by worsening environmental conditions. Remaining problems due to inflation and distribution of physicians are discussed briefly, along with governmental policy and national health insurance. (LBH)

As an organized, consumer-directed entity, the student health advisory committee is students' input into their educational institution's health care program, and is an asset as advisor, provider of negative and positive feedback, "troubleshooter," and training ground for students in health career fields. (MB)

A three-stage plan was conceived by a multidisciplinary, multiprofessional staff that encompassed behaviorally oriented educational objectives, instructional methodologies for the objectives, and evaluation instruments. The resulting curriculum focused on issues important to team delivery of primary care. (LBH)

This report compares young adult admissions to admissions of youths aged 12 to 17, who accounted for 8 percent of Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) admissions in 2004. The report further breaks down the young adult admissions into two subgroups: those aged 18 to 21 (9 percent of all admissions); and those aged 22 to 25 (12 percent of all…

In the fall of 2003, PACER Center's Parent Partnership Project for Children's Mental Health conducted a survey to better understand what parents and families need from the children's mental health system in Minnesota. The research team developed a survey questionnaire, a telephone interview, and a focus group session directed at learning what was…

"Data Trends" reports present summaries of research on mental health services for children and adolescents and their families. The article summarized in this "Data Trends" is an analysis of secondary data obtained from a sample of 9 to 11 year old children receiving outpatient public mental health services in Philadelphia. The…

A common request to Centers such as ours is for information about the prevalence and incidence of youngsters' problems. The intent of this report is to provide a synthesis of the best data and to clarify the limitations of what has been gathered so far. As you will see, available data continue to be quite limited. The synthesis reported here…