The Minorities and Communication section of the proceedings contains the following 4 selected papers: "Differences in Media by Online Business in Black- and White-Targeted Magazines: The Potential Impact of the Digital Divide on Ad Placement" (Osei Appiah and Matthew Wagner); "Racial Stereotyping and Mass Mediated Contact"…

Discusses the health problems of diabetes and obesity which are prevalent among the American Indians of Wisconsin, and describes a training program of paraprofessional health educators designed to help alleviate these problems in the Indian community. (JR)

Discusses proposals to modify or eliminate the Federal Government's reliance on voluntary accreditation agencies in determining eligibility of post secondary education programs for federal aid. Analyzes statutory language and legislative intent to determine the Commissioner of Education's authority to modify eligibility criteria. (JF)

This is a compilation of the testimony of a group of high school students at the Regional Hearings in Pittsburgh with their recommendations on health education. (JA)

Urges that mandatory sickle cell screening laws be repealed, and that all screening programs be voluntary; bogus sickle cell organizations are a major crisis in black communities and must be eliminated; research and education in sickle cell disease is badly needed. (Author/JM)

This study was primarily an investigation of the status of health services in public community colleges in the United States. (Author/RK)

Discusses the problem of making weight in the sport of wrestling and analyzes body functions as they relate to sports. (RK)

Outlines a pilot program which is intended to extend the role of the school nurse. (RK)

Paper analyzes the need for health education as a part of higher education as well as efficient methods for making health courses relevant. (RK)

Health Maintenance Organizations are coming. It is imperative that each one of us in the health field, including college health personnel study them, understand them and, most of all, plan for them. Author outlines four specific proposals for effective development of an HMO. (Author/RK)

This study reveals a common opinion regarding the importance of adequate health care at reasonable cost for all citizens, that it is a political issue. (JB)

Five papers are presented which highlight a number of services which have been organized or proposed by students at City College of San Francisco. All of the services described are as beneficial to the students who administer them as to the students who utilize them. (Author/CB)

This article begins with a general overview of the situation, and then focuses in more detail on the Puerto Rican case, the case of black students, and the needs of American Indians and Mexican-Americans for doctors and health workers. (JM)

To illustrate the potential of indigenous environmental health workers, a hypothetical situation is created looking at the functions of such workers in a rodent control program. Community individuals, it is shown, are aware of unlabeled communication barriers which impede delivery of health services. Recognizing and utilizing this awareness can…