Describes the Massachusetts Home Care Corporation network, which provides alternatives to institutional long-term care. This investigation confirms that home-based support service can be targeted to selected subgroups, that targeting can be maintained, and that the recipients of these services are indeed the individuals who risk…

Studied was the impact of changes in service patterns, through regionalization of services to the mentally retarded, upon the Child Development Clinic at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. (IM)

The option of using Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) to make health services more available and accessible to those who most need them is discussed. The author concludes that a National Health Insurance program will soon emerge and HMO's will be a necessity in that program. (BT)

Although it is estimated that half of all women will experience some form of domestic abuse during their lifetimes, participant recruitment in studies to learn about such abuse is difficult. The first step for the researcher is to develop a collaborative community partnership with domestic violence services. This will provide first-hand knowledge…

Nursing's concept of community health care does not include jail populations, yet inmates' health needs and problems, often rooted in the community, can be ameliorated or prevented by imaginative nursing input. (Author)

Statistics representing attitudes of the world's governments concerning education in terms of public expenditure are compiled and presented in tabular form. Comparisions are made to expenditures in developed and developing countries for competing activities such as public health and military costs. (SM)

Authors describe their experience in an unusual free clinic in Galveston, Texas, and present implications derived from that experience. (DM)

AHECS is an acronym for area health education centers.'' (DS)

Describes organization of an on-campus teaching clinic designed by faculty and students to meet the needs of the university community. (PG)

The article reports a study of 182 competencies in the areas of food production and child care previously identified. Recommendations for training programs are made on the basis of competencies needed in welfare, voluntary, and health agencies. This study was completed as part of a graduate program. (JK)

Criteria for the selection of nonprofessionals for community mental health services are discussed. (BY)

The major burden of mental illness borne by our communities is imposed by severely mentally disordered people who become chronically deteriorated in their social functioning. Yet much of this burden is unnecessary. At least half the people currently becoming chronically deteriorated would not do so if our present knowledge was put to work. (Author)

This report analyzes the communication between two social agencies, a state hospital and a community mental health center, as they attempted to develop working ties through a liaison social worker. The program did not prove completely effective; this report presents a practical and theoretical analysis of what happened. (Author)

Examined characteristics of the neighborhoods from which clientele of an alcohol treatment center were derived. Using 1970 Milwaukee census figures and patient information, computer analysis showed positive correlations between admissions and ethnicity, educational status, nonfamiy dimension, adult male and adolescent female neighborhoods,…

Investigated the effects of fee payment sources on the duration of psychotherapy for 160 outpatients. Univariate results indicated that scaled fee patients had significantly more sessions than those whose fee was paid by Medicaid. Multivariate results, however, indicated that education and sex accounted for most of the variance in treatment…