Notes that today, a gynecological self help group tries to make easily understood information about womens' bodies, bodily processes, and related health care available to all women. (Author/AM)

Discusses self-help strategy developed to encompass both employees' expressed needs for management-level training and the affirmative action goals of a state division of family services. Follow-up survey of training program indicates probability of positive long-range effects. (Author/SMR)

After consciousness raising, what? Women who want to alter their socialized responses may learn the necessary skills from counselors. Teaching behavioral self-management principles in the context of women's sex role enculturation is a preventive as well as corrective approach to helping women develop increased personal effectiveness. (Author)

Describes peer support program for women in prison for the death of a child. Explains how group has helped participants reduce their isolation, mourn their loss, identify their responsibility in the death, and change destructive patterns of feelings and behavior. Follow-up of women who have been paroled is discussed which indicated their positive…

The unity and sisterhood of women in South Africa is analyzed. The struggle for liberation from apartheid has resulted in the death of many children. Women have organized self-help groups in the memory of these children. The groups make handicrafts, give aid to the poor, and encourage educational pursuits. (VM)

Outlines the development of a self-directed manual to aid in building portfolios, and reports on the evaluation of portfolios' effectiveness in presenting competencies. A portfolio of volunteer/unpaid administrative experiences has demonstrated validity and reliability in presenting skills to prospective employers. (Author)

Guides for Better Living, and a companion course, the Feminine Development Program, are unique self-help motivational courses taught under the auspices of the Special Services Center of Lewis University in various types of correctional facilities throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. (Author)

Psychological well-being following mastectomy is a concern of rehabilitation psychologists as the life expectancy of women treated for breast cancer is increasing. Well-being can be threatened by stress that these women may suffer from the diagnosis of cancer and amputation of a significant body part. A study was conducted to examine the…

This guide, largely a product of the Language and Orientation Resource Center's (LORC) "Working Session on Program Development for Refugee Women," is a resource for use by refugees and by persons and organizations working with refugees. The main part of the guide is divided into five sections: (1) an introduction to recent attention to them, and a…

Describes effort of mental health center staff to implement non-traditional programming for women in situational life crises. Successes in the work have helped overcome some objections to special approaches to women. Projects have community interest and support, have answered many unmet needs of women, and have enhanced service delivery.…

The case study examines the work of a coalition between certain women's groups in India and a nongovernmental charitable trust. The mission of the coalition is to empower Indian women, who generally possess neither land nor power, to care for their livestock. (CH)

This field work examines womens' participation in 50 alternative self-help support systems covering 10 states and notes that variety is the outstanding characteristic of these services. (Author/AM)

Drawing on data from 12 women's groups in Kenya, a recent study identified these women's general and demographic characteristics and discovered how rural Kenyan women acquire and exchange information, education, and learning skills; how education affects the groups' organizational management and leadership; how women work in groups and benefit…

Educational and gerontological perspectives coincide in a view of lifelong learning for women. Developments in women's education, preretirement education, education for older adults, and self-help programs, together with public debate on both aging and feminism, challenge educators to offer relevant, empowering opportunities to older women. (SK)

This study investigates gender differences in adolescent substance abuse behavior, treatment effectiveness, and the associated relationships with pre-, during-, and post-treatment groups of variables. Analyses were performed using 6-month post-treatment follow-up data from over two thousand subjects. T-test analysis showed that females exhibited…