This paper describes an innovative and effective approach to venereal disease education which utilized an Educational Telephone Network. (JC)

In recent years, sickle cell screening programs have been initiated by community groups, health centers, hospitals, medical schools, health departments, school systems, city and State governments, various branches of the Federal Government, fraternal and social clubs, and other organizations. Problems have resulted from mass sickle cell screening,…

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…

This article discusses health problems in developing nations. (MK)

After seeking data from public, private, and voluntary health-related agencies, associations, and activities in the State, the committee reports on the following areas: health delivery system problems, health services, target groups (aged, medically indigent, migrants, newborns, infants, preschool children, and school-age children), personal…

This article summarizes the final report of a work group on physical fitness and exercise, which identified national trends in these areas for the 1980 report "Promoting Health/Preventing Disease: Objectives for the Nation," published by the Department of Health and Human Services. (JN)

This document presents transcripts and prepared statements of hearings held on November 3-13, 1975 that pertain to national health education and disease prevention, as outlined in House bills H.R. 8278, H.R. 5839, H.R. 7050, H.R. 3205, and H.R. 4444. These bills were written to provide authority for health information, education, and promotion…

Intended to assist Agency for International Development (AID) officers, advisors, and health officials in incorporating health planning into national plans for economic development, this first of ten manuals in the International Health Planning Methods Series deals with planning and evaluation of communicable disease control programs. The first…

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…

This document reports progress made by the Narangwal Rural Health Research Center in understanding the interactions of nutrition and infection in India. As part of a longitudinal study, 11 Punjab villages were divided into groups and received health care, nurtitional supplements or a combination of both. A control group received only symptomatic…

This document provides guidelines and procedures, in Spanish and English, for Head Start teachers in taking care of children with AIDS, or children who are HIV positive, and their families. The goal of the guide is to maximize participation of infected children in the Head Start program. The guide presents activities in three main stages:…

Intended as a companion piece to volume 1 in the Methods Series, Communicable Disease Control Planing (CE 024 229), this first of six volumes in the International Health Planning Reference Series is a combined literature review and annotated bibliography dealing with communicable disease control in developing countries. The review identifies…

The goal of the Universal Child Immunization Program, adopted by the World Health Organization in 1977, is to inoculate by 1990, every child in the world against measles, tetanus, whooping cough, diphtheria, tuberculosis, and polio. By 1987, nearly 80 countries had undertaken or were planning immunization programs. These diseases, combined with…