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Fein, Rashi; Bishop, Christine – 1976
This eleventh special report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy examines the manpower, employment, and training implications of policy developments in the health care industry. Section 1 describes the health care industry setting, including health sector characteristics and health expenditure growth. Sections 2 and 3 deal with the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Indexes, Costs, Employment Patterns
Kelly, Philip L. – 1979
Observations and recollections of Mexican workers, smuggled illegally to farms in southern Colorado, resulted in this account of their attitudes toward work conditions, pay and benefits, leisure activities, feelings of insecurity, and their aspirations. Backgrounds of the 30 aliens interviewed coincided with available statistics on illegal Mexican…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Aspiration, Attitudes, Braceros
Korey, George; Bogorya, Yvonne – 1980
The attitudes and training and/or personnel directors within the Canadian business and health-area sectors towards nontraditional education in management and health services administration are reported, based on 173 surveys to business/government and health-care institutions. Following an introduction to the study, Part Two, "Nontraditional…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Administration Education
DiCarlo, Robert D. – 1979
In collaboration with a county hospital and two local government planning offices, Greenfield Community College (GCC) conducted a survey of 1,200 randomly selected residents of Franklin County, Massachusetts, to obtain a demographic profile of area citizens and to identify their needs in the areas of postsecondary education, health care,…
Descriptors: Age, Agency Cooperation, Community Attitudes, Community Colleges
Fitch, Sandra F. – 1981
This module, one of six on teaching consumer matters to low-income groups, focuses on health care alternatives. It provides helpers of low-income people in Virginia with a composite of information in the areas of traditional health care, alternatives to the traditional methods, insurance, medications, and fraudulent practices. At the end of each…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Education, Drug Education, Family Health
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. Project Share. – 1978
This index, containing 450 abstracts on human services, is published quarterly to make available a broad range of documents to those responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of human services. The entries are arranged alphabetically by title and indexed by subject matter. Each entry includes the title, order number, source, price,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Development
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Coordinating Area No. 4. – 1978
This manual, developed to aid in the counseling of handicapped students, is divided according to the various institutional components with which the mainstreamed disabled student deals during the college years. The first section outlines the role of the counseling office in recruiting and preparing for handicapped students, and in serving them…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Counselor Role
Werner, Emmy Elisabeth – 1979
This book represents a synthesis of current knowledge about the physical, cognitive and social development of young children who live in the developing countries of Africa, Asia, Latin-America, and Oceania. The book develops five major themes: (1) It views child development in a comparative fashion, examining universal sequences in development as…
Descriptors: Books, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1978
A summary of proceedings is presented from an international conference which focused on the needs and problems of primary health care. The report describes background of the conference, attendance, a summary of discussions, and recommendations. Sponsored by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, the conference was attended by delegations from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Conference Reports, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Mayall, Berry; Petrie, Pat – 1977
This book reports an observational study of the quality of care given by 39 registered childminders in four London boroughs to 40 two-year-old children (25 boys and 15 girls). Minders and most of the 28 mothers involved were interviewed at home. Children were observed both at home and at their minders' homes. Children's language skills were also…
Descriptors: Activities, Child Caregivers, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Fraser, Renee White – 1979
Intended to assist Agency for International Development (AID) officers, advisors, and health officials in incorporating health planning into national plans for economic development, this fourth of ten manuals in the International Health Planning Methods Series deals with sociocultural, psychological, and behavioral factors that affect the planning…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Change, Beliefs, Cultural Influences
BRACE, CLAYTON; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN AFFAIRS UNIT OF THE U. S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH THESE PROBLEMS--(1) ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF MEXICAN AMERICANS, (2) PROGRAMS TO RAISE THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL, AND (3) UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL AID TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF MEXICAN AMERICANS. FEDERAL PROGRAMS WHICH CAN BE USED TO…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Counseling, Educational Opportunities
Houston Independent School District, TX. – 1966
THIS EVALUATION SUMMARY DESCRIBES AN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROJECT WHICH PROVIDED ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL SERVICES, EQUIPMENT, AND MATERIALS TO STUDENTS IN 25 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS TO RAISE THE ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS OF THE SCHOOLS. FIFTY-EIGHT "SUPPLEMENTAL SCHOOLS" PARTICIPATED…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment, Elementary Schools
DOUGHERTY, WILLIAM; AND OTHERS – 1964
A MAJOR EFFORT WAS MOUNTED TO INCREASE, EXTEND, AND IMPROVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN NEW JERSEY DURING THE SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION, 1964. THE MIGRANT HEALTH PROGRAM PROVIDED--(1) SERVICE TO 453 CAMPS, (2) OPPORTUNITY FOR 5,000 PERSONS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NURSE OR OTHER HEALTH WORKER WHO VISITED THE CAMP, AND (3)…
Descriptors: Clinics, Day Care Centers, Dental Health, Family Health
Hansen, William; Resendez, Ignacio – 1979
Intended as a guide in the development of a program of health services for migrant children, this operations manual designed by the State of Washington presents definitions, operational procedures, standards by which quality uniform physical examinations and linkage to health care systems can be established, and forms to be used in the program.…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Contracts, Diagnostic Tests, Diseases
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