The components of newcomer education are explored as they were developed at San Francisco's Chinese Education Center. (Author/HP)

A school nurse must often meet varied demands of students, school personnel, and parents; if she has a clear perception of her role and its limits and takes every opportunity for developing her own potential, she is in a unique position to assume a role of major importance in the pupil personnel team within the school. (JD)

Describes TirLawyn, an academic organization based upon the nursing home concept, designed to provide interdisciplinary settings for health care students and practitioners to learn about and research aging and health care services, and to deliver a continuum of exemplary care to the elderly. (Author/ABB)

College athlete recruiting, admissions, athletes' student life and education, health and financial aid policies, athletic conferences, budgets and revenues, review and control--key questions that trustees should be asking themselves about the state of athletics at their institutions--are discussed. (Author/MLW)

A study of migrant health centers' access to hospitals uncovered financial barriers to private hospital care when the patient was indigent or without health insurance. This may be exacerbated as private hospitals expand in states with many migrants. Cooperative efforts between public and private institutions are in order. (VM)

A survey of residents at a county medical center concerning their education before and after a new faculty practice plan found improved ratings on three of nine characteristics: quality of staff, quality of supervision, and heterogeneity of patients. Some commented on increased time needed for rounds due to faculty responsibilities. (Author/MSE)

An elective case study course involving graduate students from various health profession disciplines from two universities was developed to provide a forum for health care teams to discuss the philosophical and functional impact of situations and their alternative solutions. The nonclinical, administratively-oriented problem situations stressed…

Poison Control Centers are being utilized by more schools of pharmacy each year as training sites for students. This paper discusses what such a center is, its services, changes anticipated in the poison center system in the next several years and how they may influence pharmacy education, specifically as it relates to clinical toxicology.…

"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" reviews theory and research on stigma and mental health with a focus on the stigmatization of mental illness in the family when either a child or a parent has a mental illness.…

"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" uses data from a multilevel longitudinal study, the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN), to investigate possible effects of neighborhood residence on…

Watching while listening promotes understanding and makes learning Filipino a lively and engaging experience. This set of two DVDs presents 42 video dialogs to help students move beyond the beginning level in mastering Filipino structures and functions. The units cover nine thematic areas: (1) meeting people; (2) food; (3) household activities;…

This document is comprised of the two issues in volume 4 of "Bridges," a publication produced by the California Head Start-State Collaboration Office to detail the activities of the educational partnership and to provide relevant information to programs participating in the partnership. The spring 1999 issue focuses on the service system…

This report of the National Council on Disability (NCD) examines root causes of the crisis in mental health, specifically the dysfunction of fragmented public systems charged with providing mental health services and supports for children, youth, adults, and senior citizens diagnosed with mental illnesses. Following an introductory chapter,…

Today's school and community stakeholders are attempting to address complex, multifaceted, and overlapping psychosocial and mental health concerns in diverse, fragmented and at-times marginalized ways. This has led to competition for sparse resources and inadequate results. Enhancing mental health in schools is not an easy task. The bottom line is…

This paper presents an overview of how American libraries have responded to the health crisis caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). AIDS information dissemination practices of libraries and the social role which American librarians have articulated regarding their special responsibilities are…