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World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1981
A conference sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe addressed the provision of self-care health education in Europe. The 15 participants came from a variety of nations and backgrounds. Their roles ranged from WHO officials to community organizers, health practitioners, and health educators. The WHO Regional…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Gilman, Susan – 1981
This paper contains a literature review on mental health programs, prevention measures, and school systems. The mental health of school children is examined, the concept of prevention is reviewed, and the role of the school system in prevention is discussed. Literature dealing with school-based efforts in concert with the family and the community…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Family School Relationship
Reynolds, John N.; And Others – 1980
Psychologists' roles are changing and expanding in many ways. In the next decade, psychologists will probably continue their involvement away from the clinic and into the community. Deinstitutionalization should create many new opportunities for psychologists, particularly in the areas of community support system coordination and service…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Services, Ecological Factors, Mental Health Programs
Baskin, David – 1981
As mental health policies and systems become subject to legislative and public scrutiny, more information is needed to evaluate such programs in the United States and abroad. A cross-national survey of 42 countries and provinces compared mental health policies, mental health services, awareness of these services, evaluation, and financing. Notable…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Cross Cultural Studies, Delivery Systems, Economic Development
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1980
This guide presents the recommendations of a task force from Southern state and local mental health agencies, which was convened to design minimum standards for use in the development of prevention/promotion programs. Prevention/Promotion-Oriented Services are defined according to the areas of prevention, promotion, and protection services.…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Guides, Community Programs, Guidelines
Smith, Billie Jean – 1980
The guide delineates the expanded Louisiana migrant health program for the 1980-81 school year and focuses on the task of motivating migrant children to take responsibility for their own health. Fourteen unnumbered sections contain: an excerpt from the April 3, 1980 Federal Register stating conditions for grants to state education agencies; a…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
McKillip, Jack; Voss, Jacqueline R. – 1978
There exists the practical possibility of randomly selected control groups for outcome assessments in mental health programs. Ethical considerations for randomization include distinguishing between innovation and "fooling around," and discriminatory implications of a first-come first-served selection procedure. Practical considerations include…
Descriptors: Action Research, Control Groups, Evaluation Methods, Human Services
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1979
Outcome evaluation assesses the results or benefits of mental health services received by clients or communities by comparing descriptive data on the mental health status of clients at different points in time. It aids clinicians and managers in planning programs and managing clinical services. A mental health center should establish goal-oriented…
Descriptors: Community Services, Measurement Techniques, Mental Health Programs, Organizational Effectiveness
Chin, James – 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 first of ten manuals in the International Health Planning Methods Series deals with planning and evaluation of communicable disease control programs. The first…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Developing Nations, Disease Control, Guidelines
YERSAK, CHARLES G. – 1961
A GRADUAL REDUCTION IN MIGRANT LABOR HAS OCCURRED IN NEW JERSEY BECAUSE OF MECHANIZATION AND URBANIZATION. THIS REDUCTION IS REFLECTED IN FEWER ACTIVE CAMPS THAT HOUSE WORKERS. THE TREND IS AWAY FROM THE USE OF FRAME BUILDINGS AND NEW CAMPS BEING BUILT ARE CONSTRUCTED OF CINDER BLOCK. THE MIGRANT FORCE IS LARGELY COMPOSED OF NEGROES FROM THE SOUTH…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Blacks, Day Care, Educationally Disadvantaged
DOUGLASS, JOSEPH H. – 1967
ON A NATIONAL BASIS THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THE TOTAL POPULATION ARE NOT BEING ADEQUATELY MET, AND THE RURAL SEGMENT (ESPECIALLY RURAL YOUTH) OF THE POPULATION FARES EVEN WORSE THAN ITS URBAN COUNTERPART. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS INADEQUACY INCLUDE--(1) LOWER INCOME, (2) SPARSITY OF POPULATION, (3) LOWER EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, AND (4) THE…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation, Low Income
WADE, DURLYN E. – 1966
THE ROLE, FUNCTION, AND STATUS OF NURSE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK STATE WERE ANALYZED UTILIZING DATA FROM QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES OF 2677 NURSE TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, SCHOOL PHYSICIANS, AND PARENTS. SPECIFIC FINDINGS WERE RELATED TO ROLE CONFLICT, WORK LOAD, CLERICAL DUTIES, TEACHING ROLE, TEACHING CERTIFICATION, AND…
Descriptors: Administrators, Certification, Elementary Schools, Health Programs
CRAWFORD, HUGH A.; VAN DUYNE, WILLIAM V. – 1965
IN THIS FIVE YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS RECEIVED TREATMENT AT A DAY CARE REHABILITATION CENTER SPONSORED BY THE RHODE ISLAND DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (DVR) LOCATED IN A PRIVATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (BUTLER HOSPITAL). THE MAJOR TREATMENT GOALS WERE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Adults, Case Records
Leland, L.; And Others – 1975
This health education curriculum presents information and basic health maintenance concepts and practices. The curriculum is comprised of two courses consisting of six units of instruction: (1) Health Information, (2) First Aid, (3) Major Health Problems, (4) Home Care of the Ill, (5) Family Life Education, and (6) Dental Hygiene. Each unit begins…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged, Disease Control, Family Health
Chaiklin, Harris; Mosher, Barbara – 1978
There is a relationship between maternal anxiety and lead levels in children. Data were collected from the mothers of 15 children with "normal" lead levels and 15 children with elevated blood levels. Anxiety was measured by the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale. All families lived in areas with poor housing. Treatment of lead poisoning tends…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Disadvantaged, Family Health, Health Programs
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