Fantasy may be effective in reducing anxiety in many healthy children and in children living with the long-term stress of chronic illness. Chronically ill (N=26) and healthy (N=26) children, ages five through nine, were randomly assigned to either fantasy facilitation or attention control conditions. Treatment conditions were carried out in the…

The paper describes Project TEACH (Technical Educational Aids for Children with Handicaps), a program at the Shrine School which is designed to meet the needs of physically handicapped and health impaired children. The program emphasizes the use of specialized equipment with the severely physically handicapped children at the school. The need for…

This bibliography provides a comprehensive historical review of the literature on women and health care. The materials presented address the following areas of concern: (1) basic issues in health care for women; (2) special health concerns and needs of women; (3) sexuality and mental health; (4) women's projects designed to improve their health…

This questionnaire assesses drug use practices in high school drop-outs. The 79 items (multiple choice or apply/not apply) are concerned with demographic data and use, use history, reasons for use/nonuse, attitudes toward drugs, availability of drugs, and drug information with respect to narcotics, amphetamines, LSD, Marijuana, and barbiturates.…

Data were gathered on 2,565 severely physically handicapped non-retarded persons (aged 0-55 years) in New York who were considered potentially in need of residential facilities, in order to determine the need for long term residential facilities. Statistical data are presented on the number and characteristics of persons who now have or will have…

Reported was a project studying the school performance of children who had survived laboratory confirmed Haemophilus influenza meningitis prior to 4 years of age without observable sequelae and who were enrolled in regular primary grades. Thirty-nine index children were matched with controls by age, sex, socioeconomic level, and classroom…

Explains the goals behind establishing the Commission on the Role of Professions in Society at The Ohio State University. Describes three noncredit graduated courses related to those goals on ethical issues, health care, and changing societal values. (GA)

The school personnel, including the nurse and physician, should work as a team with students' parents when faced with an epidemic of lice in the school. (JD)

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Considerations for involving adolescents in the planning of sex education include (1) improved awareness of student needs, (2) correct "tailoring" of the program to fit the target population, and (3) aiding in the maturation and development of adolescents as health consumers and practitioners. (MB)

Research on the family has indicated that a chronic, disabling illness affects not only the suffering individual, but also impacts on the family itself, creating a complicated web of interpersonal relationships. The author explores family reactions to a gradual, degenerative illness. (Author)

Teaching Staff in day schools for mentally retarded students with direct classroom contact may carry an occupational risk of HBV infection. A seroepidemiologic study associated the prevalence of HBV markers with classroom contact with an HBsAg-positive student, duration of employment at school, and previous work with mentally retarded individuals.…

Female health care workers with exposure to AIDS patients were studied. Two of the 246 workers showed evidence of opportunistic infections. This analysis confirms the low risk of occupationally acquired HIV infection when hospital infection control practices are employed around AIDS patients. (Author/VM)