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Utah Univ., Salt Lake City. Health Education Dept. – 1992
This report describes the results of two statewide surveys: (1) The 1991 Youth Risk Behavior Survey; and (2) The 1992 New Mexico School Health Education Survey. These findings are intended to be used by educators across New Mexico to help focus the development of effective school-based comprehensive health education programs. Childrens' health…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Childhood Attitudes
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. – 1994
Utilizing the professional expertise of school nurses, the Des Moines (Iowa) Public School system is committed to providing professional health services and health education for students, employees, and the community in order to promote success in the learning process. The health services program is an integral part of the total school program in…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Health Education
Sciacca, Kathleen – 1989
This paper reviews issues in the provision of services to individuals who are mentally ill chemical abusers and addicted (MICAA). Introductory material defines this population and notes that these people are frequently ineligible for services aimed at either mental illness or chemical abuse alone. Service provisions within the psychiatric/mental…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Delivery Systems, Drug Abuse
Owens, Mitchell V., Comp.; And Others – 1990
This bibliography of 2,414 journal articles provides health professionals and others with quick references on health and related issues of American Indians and Alaska Natives. The citations cover articles published in U.S. and Canadian medical and health-related journals between 1950 and 1988. Five sections deal with major health categories and…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives
Bell, Karen N.; Simkin, Linda S. – 1993
This report examines how communities and groups can shape the content of health services to bring more comprehensive health services to poor children and families. The report is based on a study of 11 comprehensive primary care programs and systems some of which offer school-based services: 4 freestanding community-based programs, 4 local systems…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Health Services, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Health
Bazron, Barbara J. – 1989
This discussion of special education and mental health services for minority severely emotionally disturbed children identifies several issues in service delivery and impediments to service delivery. The identified issues are divided into the following categories: program development, the coordination of services, and service delivery systems;…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Thomas, N. G.; And Others – 1992
This guide contains suggestions for citizens to follow in exploring and addressing policies that affect children. The guide focuses on federal child policy, but the strategies described also apply to policies at the state and local levels. The first part of the guide describes sources of information on government policies relating to children.…
Descriptors: Activism, Child Advocacy, Children, Citizen Participation
Peck, Magda G., Ed. – 1994
This report contains selected presentations from the 1993 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference. Following welcoming remarks by Carolyn Slack, two presentations discuss improving urban maternal and child health (MCH) linkages. "Pittsburgh's Alliance for Infants," by Virginia Bowman, describes a comprehensive in-home…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Health
Missouri Univ., Kansas City. Center on Rural Elderly. – 1990
Caregiver education and support programs help decrease the stress and burden on family caregivers of the elderly. This directory profiles 72 programs for caregivers of elders. Programs are grouped into the categories of education, respite, and support. Education programs address skills and techniques for caregiving and include program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Alzheimers Disease, Caregiver Role
Saxe, Leonard; And Others – 1991
Children with serious emotional disorders receive inadequate and inappropriate services, rather than the comprehensive and coordinated system of care needed. To develop the knowledge needed to provide adequate and appropriate services, an alliance is needed among advocates, practitioners, and researchers. The Mental Health Services Program for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Advocacy, Community Programs, Delivery Systems
Center for Population Options, Washington, DC. – 1990
This report summarizes the findings of a conference that examined the problem of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among street and homeless youth. Street and homeless youth, by virtue of their circumstances and the behaviors they engage in, are at great risk of becoming infected with HIV,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Cooperative Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1991
Hearings were held concerning community-based mental health services for children. In an opening statement, Chairwoman Schroeder discussed issues of children's mental health and suggested that the committee study: (1) the effectiveness of community-based care in a model service system in California; (2) the importance of having service systems in…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Health, Childhood Needs, Children
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Science, Technical and Environmental Education. – 1989
A new Unesco project seeks to increase the capacity of developing countries to strengthen primary school academic performance by improving children's nutrition and health status. The first technical meeting of the new project took place in Stockholm, Sweden, in April 1989. Three working groups were formed which focused on assessment, intervention,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Health, Community Involvement, Developing Nations
Stroul, Beth A. – 1990
Proceedings are presented from a meeting designed to encourage and assist university-based researchers and public policy-makers in the formation of meaningful, long-term collaborations that would ultimately increase chances of competing successfully for research grants on the efficacy of services and systems of care for children and adolescents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1990
Developed by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in response to legislative mandate, this report provides a brief epidemiological background on the Human Immune Deficiency Virus epidemic, a summary of actions taken by the Board of Governors and the Chancellor's Office, results of a survey of the colleges regarding…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Community Colleges, Contraception
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