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Farb, Jessica – US Government Accountability Office, 2023
Each year in the U.S., hundreds of individuals die from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth, and tens of thousands experience unexpected outcomes such as heart failure. In 2022, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that research showed more than half of rural counties lacked hospital-based services for pregnant…
Descriptors: Obstetrics, Birth, Mothers, Health Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015
This report provides an overview of the 2014 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS). SHPPS is a national survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and practices at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. The 2014 study collected data at the school and classroom levels only. SHPPS assesses the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Student Welfare, Health Education
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015
This report provides results from the School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) conducted in 2014. Following a detailed Methods section, 2014 results are presented in a series of 168 tables organized around the 10 components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. Tables 1.1 through 10.4 provide the percentage of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Student Welfare, Health Education
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015
The School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) is a national survey periodically conducted to assess school health policies and practices at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. SHPPS 2014 assessed the characteristics of selected components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model: (1) health education; (2)…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Educational Trends, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Dedmon, R. E.; And Others – 1979
Findings from a two year study of a corporate fitness program are presented in tabular and chart form. Areas of the fitness program examined included facility usage, program participation (male and female), infirmary visits, and alcohol/drug abuse counseling. Over 90 percent of the employees have had multiphasic screening and exercise tests, 50…
Descriptors: Attendance, Disease Incidence, Exercise, Fringe Benefits
Indian Health Service (PHS/HSA), Rockville, MD. – 1996
The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives living on or near federal reservations (about 60 percent of the Native population). This publication is composed primarily of data tables and graphs that describe…
Descriptors: Accidents, Age Groups, Alaska Natives, Birth Rate
Health Resources Administration (DHHS/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. – 1980
The status of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program is examined in this third annual report with cumulative data from inception of the program. The scholarship award includes the payment of a monthly stipend, tuition and fees, and other educational expenses in a federal program of service-conditional awards for students of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Dentistry, Dentists
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Rosenbloom, Albert A. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1985
Results of a survey of U.S. and Canadian optometry programs concerning curriculum design, clinical and residency training programs, continuing education, and research projects planned or under way in geriatric optometry are presented and discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinical Experience, Curriculum Design, External Degree Programs
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1983
The adequacy of health sciences education enrollment levels in California is reviewed in the context of the 1981 Health Manpower Plan. After reviewing the Plan, attention is focused on two continuing problems among the issues: medical residencies and attrition in the nursing profession. New issues that receive extensive treatment in the 1981 Plan…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Degrees (Academic), Dental Schools, Enrollment Trends
Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. Bureau of Health Manpower. – 1980
Second in a series, this report presents recent trends in the supply and characteristics of health professionals, developments in health professions education, and projected requirements for health professions personnel are reported. In addition to data on the supply of health personnel and population growth, information is provided on the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Programs, Dentists, Employment Projections
Northern Virginia Community Coll., Annandale. Office of Institutional Research. – 2001
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the growing population of elderly citizens will result in an increased demand for healthcare services that will rise for a full 50 years. This study assesses the need for healthcare sector workers in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Information on the skills, education, and experience that…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Demand Occupations, Health Occupations
Tourigny, Ann Ward; LaFrance, Shawn V. – 1983
Results of a 1981 survey of graduates of baccalaureate health administration programs are presented. An initial information gathering survey of reputed college programs in health administration, the Health Administration Program Survey, was conducted to develop a listing of baccalaureate recipients in health administration. A questionnaire, the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Allied Health Occupations Education
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1981
Health sciences education planning for California for 1980-82 is examined. The adequacy of educational programs in meeting the needs of California for professional personnel in medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, and optometry is assessed. Data on enrollments and graduation rates in these fields are updated from the 1978 plan, and similar data…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Classification, College Graduates, Dental Schools