Objective: The objective was to survey community college personnel about student substance use, and infrastructure (staff and funding), programs, and collaborations dedicated to substance use prevention. Participants: The sample included 100 administrators, faculty, and health services staff at 100 community colleges. Methods: Participants…

This study examined the relationships between Mexican acculturation, cultural values, gender, and help-seeking intentions among Mexican American community college students. Findings suggest that as Mexican Americans lose their culture of origin and increase their generational status, their attitudes toward help seeking become less favorable. This…

Discusses a unique coordination of public and private resources in Eastern Baltimore County, Md., which has made possible a variety of allied health programs and services by Essex Community College and Franklin Square Hospital. (Author/RK)

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

Considers the status of student health service programs and the types of health problems evident on community college campuses. (Author/RK)

The program was to offer service with the goal of promoting growth and development by giving students the opportunity to explore the problems that were interfering with studies, work, and relations with family and friends. Emphasis was to be placed on providing crisis services. The highest degree of confidentiality was to be maintained. (Author)

Discusses whether it is possible for the AIHEC and tribal colleges to reverse poor eating habits and decrease diabetes rates for children through education. Students are gathered in a camp setting and they learn from scientists, nurses, nutritionists, biologists, and cultural teachers about how they can develop healthy habits. (MZ)

States that the employment pool for respiratory workers in Virginia has declined, due to a reduction in the numbers of training programs available in local community colleges. Describes a pilot distance learning program in respiratory therapy at Virgina's J. Sargent Reynolds Community College (JSRCC). Reports that students in the pilot distance…