Migrant health activities carried on by the 17 Florida county health departments that are recipients of Federal grants for this purpose from the United States Public Health Service are detailed in this report. Data concerning the number of people treated, descriptions of the medical services available, and a narrative report are included for each…

This practicum was performed to establish a model whereby a health planning organization, a hospital association, and a university can work together to meet the needs of each organization and the community. This model establishes a vehicle for learning experiences for physicians, trustees, and administrators in selected hospitals to assist them in…

Published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, this brief booklet on the historical development of the Cherokee Nation emphasizes the Tribe's relationship with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its improved economy. Citing tourism as the major tribal industry, tribal enterprises are named and described (a 61 unit motor court in existence since…

The proceedings of a training conference for health aides and professionals from migrant health projects and other programs in California and other states, held April 29-May 1, 1969, includes introductory notes on the objectives of the conference, and accounts of points raised in discussions on the roles, employment, training, and supervision of…

Introduced by discussions of the coordination of mental retardation programs, a summary of activities, and a list of the Secretary's Committee on Mental Retardation for 1969, the pamphlet reports the activities of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in mental retardation. Activities described include those of the Health Services…

The Title I E.S.E.A. evaluation for 1969-70 focuses on the objectives of the individual academic and supportive service projects included in the total Title I program. Twenty-five projects were evaluated during that academic year. The Elementary Academic Projects included: Language Development, Reading Center, Special Kindergarten, and English as…

Abstracts of speeches, presented at the Shippensburg Conference on Teaching the Migrant Child, related to the teaching of predominatly rural, migrant and disadvantaged children, are included in the document. Among the topics are academic achievements of migrant children, identification of educationally deprived children, health and health care of…

The following programs are included: (1) Manpower Development and Training Act, (2) New Careers, (3) Vocational and Technical Education, (4) Work Incentive (WIN), (5) Neighborhood Youth Corps, (6) Demonstration Projects, and (7) Veterans Administration Training Assistance. Information about each program includes nature and purpose, national and…

The time has come for education to be concerned first about the state of being of each individual; that is, the physical and mental health of each child so that he can become a more receptive learner. The intellectual processes which education has dealt with for so long is dependent upon the physical processes for their functional adequacy and…

The report of the third year of Harvard's Program on Technology and Society contains summaries of research done on the relationship of technology to education, biomedical science, business, and social and political change in general. The research group on education, concentrating on secondary education, concluded that high schools in ten years are…

In March 1968, it was resolved by 18 persons knowledgeable in education, training, and health-care practices in discussion with staff members of the Division of Medical Sciences, that: (1) situations peculiar to the military should be studied, (2) the possibility of simulating such situations in nonmilitary settings should be explored, and (3)…

A pattern for developing and maintaining continuing mental health consultation with public agencies is presented. Usual models of consultation are predicted on an invitation to consult; they are time limited and problem specific. Described here is an entry pattern for consultation that is not predicted on an invitation to consult, is continuous in…

This monograph consists of statements about problems confronting schools today, their implications for the school nurse, and rationales for the nurses role in attempting to resolve these concerns of children and youth today. The topics which illustrate the relationship between school nursing and contemporary critical issues include smoking,…

One of a series of four symposium papers, this document deals with research issues in early childhood health and nutrition. Dr. A. Frederick North, Jr., presents an overview of research and emphasizes the importance of identifying children's health problems, using the most effective treatment and intervention techniques, and utilizing resources to…

To meet the need of additional personnel to deliver more effective services to the increasing number of handicapped and disadvantaged persons a regional training conference on Support Personnel was held. The objectives of the conference were to: (1) discuss and evaluate the functions of support personnel, (2) review existing recruitment methods of…