The author details differences in programs for emotionally disturbed children among three communities of different size and socioeconomic status. (SBH)

This article outlines a cooperative community approach that produced an accurate and attractive slide-and-tape program for a foster agency. (GO)

Among 10 principles arising from a symposium on health services for mentally retarded persons in the community are the need for: multiple options for health care delivery; a stable primary care "medical home"; a health care network; presence of resource centers for specialty care; and establishment of a health care clearinghouse. (DB)

The article describes the potential impact of a prevention model on reducing unintentional childhood injuries. Following a review of major childhood injuries and related risk factors, the model, which borrows from prevention, behavioral, and community psychology frameworks, is elucidated. An example using fire emergency skills is offered.…

This paper presents four arguments for a community-wide approach to drug abuse prevention. Community-based strategies, psychosocial behavior theory, community substructures, and stages of change are discussed. (Author/MT)

This article points out that well-defined objectives are essential to developing an articulate community drug abuse prevention program and to evaluating its effectiveness. Discussed are: definitional, program breadth, endpoint, program content, policy, implementation and continuation, and evaluation objectives. (MT)

This paper reviews the process of disseminating health promotion programs, identifies factors critical to successful dissemination, uses a community-based heart disease prevention study to illustrate how programs can be disseminated across a community, and suggests ways these methods could be applied to an adolescent drug use prevention program.…

Racial, ethnic, and sociocultural diversity presents a formidable challenge to substance abuse prevention efforts. An intervention planning model, which addresses these barriers from the perspective of a communication-behavior change theoretical framework, is presented. (Author/MT)

Patients (N=58) discharged from state psychiatric hospitals into community care homes were followed for four months. Both observers and patients rated the homes' social environments and the patients' needs and capabilities. Patients' functioning in the community was enhanced when there was a congruence between the patient and the environment.…

Structured interviews with staff compared the extent to which mentally retarded persons participate in society when services are provided through the institutional or integrated organization. Significant differences were found in community participation, with higher levels noted for integrated Ss. (CL)

Coalitions have been used successfully in the United States to tackle a number of seemingly intractable problems. For communities that want to reduce their underage drinking problem, putting together a broad-based coalition can bring substantial dividends. In this guide, readers will learn the steps that bring together a diverse group of people in…

This report provides an overview of youth violence in Virginia and a look at what some communities are doing about it. Although there is no way to measure all acts of youth violence in Virginia, the extent of the problem can be described through juvenile arrest statistics and school discipline reports. In 1997, Virginia law enforcement officials…

The Family to Family initiative has encouraged states to reconceptualize, redesign, and reconstruct their foster care systems. By 1996, the initiative was being implemented in five states, five Georgia counties, and Los Angeles County, California. This paper describes an approach for nontraditional partnerships that work to rebuild the foster care…

Along with instruction of vocational agricultural classes and programs of occupational experience, youth organizations such as FFA comprise a vital component of local agricultural education programs. The article is written especially for new agricultural education instructors with no previous background in FFA and includes self-help suggestions.…

One-half of the identified farmers in the community of Canal Winchester, Ohio were surveyed on a personal interview basis regarding present farming operation problems, concerns, aspirations, and the role a young farmer educational program should assume in assisting them. The results and implications of the survey are discussed. (EA)