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Direct linkCampbell, Martin; Martin, Mike – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
Reducing health inequalities is a key priority for the Scottish Government. Health authorities are expected to meet quality targets. The involvement of people with learning disabilities in health service review teams has been one of the initiatives used in by National Health Service Quality Improvement Scotland to empower patients and improve…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Learning Disabilities, Patients
Download full textPublic Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. – 1980
This booklet suggests the first steps communities can take in assessing their needs and resources and mobilizing public interest and support for health promotion. It is based on an approach to health education and community organization that recognizes the value of a highly visible, time-limited event, such as a health fair, a marathon, or an…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Change, Community Involvement, Health Needs
Smith-Morris, Carolyn – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2006
In the past five years, there has been a surge in the attention shown to community and community-based health programs among Native Americans, particularly for chronic health problems such as diabetes. Community participation in health programming--from the efforts of community health workers (CHWs), to participatory research, to the impact of…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Chronic Illness, Incidence, Community Involvement
Dekray, Susan – 1982
This manual, developed by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, is intended to help concerned community members make school health education a reality. It provides suggestions on how to get people organized to take the right steps. The manual's suggestions are based on three statements. First, health education means teaching people…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Community Planning, Community Role
National Health Council, New York, NY. – 1973
Twenty-six health manpower experts met to: (1) recommend criteria for selecting proposals for local/regional demonstration projects; (2) recommend criteria for selection of areas or sites in which to implement demonstration projects, and (3) develop guidelines for a national program to involve the health professions in alleviating the problem of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Geographic Distribution
Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc., New York, NY. – 1974
American Indian professionals and community representatives, Indian Health Service (IHS) officials, professors of medicine and public health, and other advocates of improved Indian health services attended a 2-day roundtable conference to: explore the relationship of Federal Policy and Indian health needs, and relate these to issues affecting the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
