Describes the Office of Minority Health Resource Center, designed to disseminate minority health-related information and increase public awareness of the gravity and magnitude of the health disparity that persists between minority and nonminority populations. Technical support, assistance, and information referral services are provided to…

This article outlines the context, conceptual bases, and conduct of a project for Southeast Asian refugees, designed to demonstrate that a valid community-based coalition can synergistically promote cardiovascular health through prevention, detection, and control of high blood pressure. (IAH)

This article presents an experimental community-based prevention planning model which was established to solicit involvement of adults and youth from high risk communities in an effort to prevent substance abuse through provision of positive outreach activities. The model's components, methodology, and preliminary findings are described. (IAH)

This article describes a community-based approach to health promotion planning and intervention implemented by the Health Promotion Resource Center at Morehouse School of Medicine. The community organization and development model implemented was designed to empower an urban Black community neighborhood to become more self-reliant in addressing…

This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Cole County Community-Based Health Promotion Program, a cardiovascular risk reduction project which targeted Black adults. The program's goal was to enhance lifestyle behaviors in an effort to reduce risk factors and improve health status, utilizing community-based…

This article summarizes methods and findings from a community diagnosis designed to identify cognitive, affective, and cultural variables that seem to be associated with teen pregnancy. On the basis of information collected, critical elements for an intervention strategy are proposed. (IAH)

This article offers a framework for development and implementation of health education strategies for preventing HIV infection and enhancing health promoting attitudes and behaviors among Black and Latino adolescents. Three HIV prevention program components are identified and discussed. (IAH)