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Download full textDepartment of Health , Education, and Welfare, Washington., DC. Office of the Secretary. – 1974
For potential grant applicants and for the general public, the booklet describes the programs of the six Public Health Service agencies in the American health care system. Each program is described concisely in terms of: its purpose and legal basis; applicants' eligibility for grants and the basis for their award; the special requirements made of…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Alcoholism, Communications, Disease Control
Aronson, Susan S. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1988
Discusses appropriate steps to be taken in a day care setting to minimize the known risks associated with cytomegalovirus (CMV). Explains what CMV is; why people should worry about CMV; how it is spread; and how it can be treated and prevented. Suggests a number of hygiene practices for use in day care centers. (RWB)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Day Care Centers, Disease Control, Early Childhood Education
Public Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. – 1982
This document summarizes some of the major developments now underway in health promotion and disease prevention and reviews the federal contribution to achievement of prevention objectives. The first chapter focuses on opportunities in health promotion which offer the key to many potential improvements in the national health status profile and…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Federal Government, Federal Programs, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedKolbe, Lloyd J. – Journal of School Health, 1982
School health education programs should fulfill five expectations: (1) increase understanding about individual and societal health; (2) increase individuals' decision-making skills about health behaviors; (3) increase individuals' abilities to engage in conducive health behaviors; (4) help individuals in their efforts to change health behavior;…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Decision Making, Disease Control, Educational Objectives
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1985
This report explains what will be necessary to achieve health for all people in the world by the year 2000 through primary health care. The booklet is organized in six chapters. The first chapter introduces the premise and describes current socioeconomic development and prospects for the future, along with current problems of health personnel…
Descriptors: Adults, Allied Health Occupations, Developing Nations, Disease Control
Peer reviewedHazard, Sprague W. – Planning for Higher Education, 1975
New trends in campus health care delivery were discussed at a workshop in Chicago sponsored by the Society for College and University Planning on January 30-31, 1975. Consideration was given to the repercussions of strong consumer demands for broader and more accessible health services, the emergence of health maintenance organizations, and…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Contraception, Disease Control, Health Insurance
Peer reviewedPanem, Sandra – Issues in Science and Technology, 1988
Claims that the United States' inadequate response to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) crisis was more related to structural problems in the country's health system than with politics and social mores. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Federal Government
Chandler, William U. – 1984
Least-cost health strategies designed to attack the world's leading causes of unnecessary death are explored. Section 1 emphasizes the value of primary health-care procedures--midwifery, maternal education on breastfeeding and weaning, vaccinations, oral rehydration of victims of diarrhea, and antibiotics against respiratory infections--in…
Descriptors: Cancer, Cost Effectiveness, Disease Control, Eating Habits
Douglass, Bruce E.; And Others – 1978
The papers compiled here were presented at the fourth symposium in a series designed to provide a continuing introduction to current aspects of occupational safety and health. The papers represent eight topics: (1) special health programs, (2) degenerative disease and injury of the back, (3) job stress and work performance, (4) role of industry in…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Accidents, Business Responsibility, Conference Reports
Nasution, S.; Virasai, Banphot, Eds. – 1979
The proceedings of the Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development's seminar on higher education's commitment to the basic health needs of society are recorded. The first part of the seminar contains the official opening and several addresses that focus on basic health care in Southeast Asia. Part II, "Contributions of Higher…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Disease Control, Educational Responsibility
Estes, K. R.; And Others – 1990
This survey of 66 4-year state universities with enrollments greater than 5,000 students in the North Central census region investigated the availability of condoms on campuses to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The survey sought to determine condom availability, location, cost to students, and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Condoms, Contraception, Decision Making
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1995
The wars that began in 1991 in the countries of the former Yugoslavia caused widespread child suffering. This workshop report presents the findings from the Workshop on the Impact of War on Child Health held for doctors from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. The workshop's goal was to address the common interest in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
Green, Morris, Ed. – 1994
The goal of the Bright Futures project is to respond to the emerging preventive and health promotion needs of infants, children, and adolescents. Bright Futures is sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the United States Public Health Service and the Medicaid Bureau of the Health Care Financing Administration. Over 100 professionals,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Child Health
