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Mosley, W. Henry; Cowley, Peter – Population Bulletin, 1991
This report describes the health status of children and adults in developed and developing countries. Worldwide, life expectancy at birth rose from 47 to 67 years between the 1950s and late 1980s. However, more than 300 million people live in countries where life expectancy is below 50 years of age and 1 of every 10 newborns dies before age 1. In…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Demography, Developed Nations
Thomas, Nancy G., Ed. – Social Policy Report, 1996
These four serials address issues of concern for child development researchers and specialists and also address the implications for policies affecting children. The first issue reports on "Latin American Immigration and U.S. Schools." The report provides an overview of Latin American immigration, its impact on schools, and efforts to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Advocacy, Child Development, Child Welfare
E.C.E. Connection, 1998
This document consists of the first 39 consecutive issues of the newsletter, "E.C.E. Connection," published monthly (except August) to offer information and support to early childhood practitioners. Articles from the 1994 issues include: "Some 'Affordable' Ideas To Brighten Your Classroom"; "A Notice Board: A Way To Keep…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Brain, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Redcay, Madeleine C. – 1978
This module on health assessment is one of a set of six developed to prepare human services workers for the changing mental health service delivery system. A total of seven objectives are included to help students utilize knowledge of physical factors which may influence health and behavior in order to recognize signs and symptoms which indicate…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Disease Control, Drug Abuse, Environment
Directions in Rehabilitation Counseling, 1992
This volume of 12 separate lessons--each written by either a medical or mental health professional--provides expert information on a wide variety of medical and psychological issues in rehabilitative counseling. The lessons, each of which concludes with a few multiple-choice questions, are as follows: (1) "Adaptive Styles in the Etiology of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Alcoholism, Anxiety, Counseling
Murphy, Elaine M. – Interchange, 1984
Student and teacher materials are provided for a secondary unit on world hunger. The student materials are contained in a module entitled "Food and Population: A Global Concern," distributed with the newsletter "Interchange." The teacher materials are contained in the issue of the newsletter itself, subtitled "The Paradoxes of World Hunger." A…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Developed Nations