Explores ways to improve the capability of the National Center for Health Statistics to collect national health data on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Standardized interview instruments and data collection procedures offer the possibility of capitalizing on the geographic distribution of these populations in the United States. (SLD)

An address to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy discusses five central issues for needed change in pharmaceutical education and pharmacy practice: professional and educational missions; manpower needs; educational programs needed for manpower preparation; strategies for change; and the impact of external change on pharmaceutical…

Includes "An LEA Example: The Changing Provision in the East Midlands" (Summers, Glazier); "Contribution of RACs (Regional Advisory Councils)" (Bailey); "The WEA" (Hull); "The Medau Society" (Weedon); "National Federation of Women's Institutes" (Hall); and "The Work of a Validating Body: The…

This guide lists a number of U.S. government publications frequently used as reference tools in libraries and compares them to Canadian government publications that contain similar material and may be used in similar fashion. Some U.S. and Canadian publications with no equivalent in the other country are also indicated. (Author)

Discusses the state of child welfare in India. Describes the management of the country's child welfare and foster care systems. Discusses legislation governing child care and welfare. (BC)

New Beginnings is a collaborative effort involving the city and county of San Diego, the school district, and the San Diego Housing Commission. The project's Center for Children and Families provides about 200 families with comprehensive family service planning, counseling, prevention, referral, and health education as needed. Success demands…

Discussion of development literature in Africa highlights DEVSIS Botswana, which was created to facilitate the collection, organization, and dissemination of socioeconomic development literature, and reports on an analysis of its annual index, DEVINDEX Botswana. Producers of development literature in Botswana are described and problems with…

Greece was late to incorporate environmental education into its education system. Experience has been largely with experimental programs and some teacher education. A 1990 law mandates integration of environmental education into the curricula, and cooperation between governmental and nongovernmental agencies has begun. The complex and traditional…

Describes the management, programs, and services at the Brown County Library (Wisconsin), winner of the Library of the Year award sponsored by Gale Research Inc, and "Library Journal." Highlights include involvement of library staff; financial support; total quality management; coalitions with local businesses, community agencies, and…

Opinions of professionals from 16 agencies were obtained to identify techniques that agencies serving adults or adolescents with mental retardation could utilize to provide systematic sex education and counseling. Recommendations are offered in five areas: self-advocacy and self-determination, individual design, staff training and support,…

Reviews 10 federal government bulletin boards that provide information on consumer publications and consumer affairs, agriculture, economics, diseases and research programs, AIDS information, labor-related information, educational statistics and publications, and nuclear power plants. Instructions are provided for accessing the bulletin boards,…

The Vanderbilt School-Based Counseling Program in Nashville, Tennessee, increases access to mental health services for children from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds via a primary care model delivering on-site services. Possible interventions include psychotherapy, parent skill training, behavioral and psychiatric consultation to staff…

Discusses trends and issues that are involved in state planning for educational telecommunications. Topics discussed include distance education; fiscal concerns; cost effectiveness; policymaking; models for coordinated telecommunications planning; the involvement of businesses in educational telecommunications planning; and state organizations and…

This article describes how a social systems approach to psychopathology can be applied to treatment goals in group psychotherapy with mentally retarded individuals. Treatment models blending behavioral and psychodynamic interventions are covered. Suggestions for maintaining cost-effective linkages between mental health and mental retardation…

The relationship between the Australian province of Victoria's nonacademic college staff union and the more specialized postsecondary education remuneration committee is examined and the history of both organizations reviewed. The current and potential influences of the two groups in Victorian higher education are discussed. (MSE)