Describes a project with Native American tribes in Louisiana which trains paraprofessionals to provide minimal mental health services for their own people and to gain access to various state agencies. The project was viewed as successful by the trainees and an outside evaluator. (JAC)

In the national discussion of mental health problems, in the literature on the subject, minorities seem to have been almost deliberately omitted. The reasons for such omission of blacks, Spanish-speaking people and Indians from literature and mental health practice are discussed. (Author/RK)

This field work examines womens' participation in 50 alternative self-help support systems covering 10 states and notes that variety is the outstanding characteristic of these services. (Author/AM)

The nation has the capacity, capability, and resources to abolish poverty before the end of the next decade. (DM)

Discussed the State of Colorado's introduction of performance contracting into its relationships with community mental health centers. Describes the nature of the contract and its implementation. Particular emphasis is placed on the implications of the contract for program evaluation. (Author)

The International Year of the Child is a UNICEF coordinated activity. Suggestions for heightening public awareness of the wide range of problems facing children are offered at the local, national, and international levels with specific activities underway in the field of health education highlighted. (JMF)

Background: The specific health services provided to students at school and the model for delivering these services vary across districts and schools. This article describes the characteristics of school health services in the United States, including state- and district-level policies and school practices. Methods: The Centers for Disease Control…

This monograph presents descriptions of 11 residential and day treatment programs serving seriously emotionally disturbed youth. Each program's description includes information about the program's origins, type of children served, guiding philosophy and treatment approach, services offered, work with families, linkages with other child-serving…

In anticipation of a national health insurance program in the United States, this article looked at one program--school health--in two countries, Sweden and the United Kingdom, which have had both a national health insurance program and a national health service for two decades or more. (Author/RK)

Describes the first diploma in a nursing course that will prepare registered nurses who will also have a nationally accredited diploma. The three-year program is outlined and addmission criteria stated. (BR)

The directory contains information on 49 voluntary health organizations in the United States gathered from a survey by the American Public Health Association. Each organization is described in terms of name, address, telephone number, type of organization, organizational objectives, major health education activities (programs and materials), and…

This paper provides a synoptic review of student health services at the community college level while giving a more detailed description of the nature of health services at Orchard Ridge, a campus of Oakland Community College. The present College Health Service program provides for a part-time (24 hrs./wk.) nurse at Orchard Ridge. A variety of…

This paper describes the Youth Resource Center (YRC) of Glastonbury, Connecticut--a multifaceted treatment facility. The YRC is based on a Systems-Interaction (SI) model of service, which maintains that a system can be changed by intervention at any point in the system; consequently, the same goals can be achieved through various target groups or…

This issue of Impact is devoted to paraprofessionals in the helping professions and develops the discussion through five major articles. Part 1 offers an introduction to the role of paraprofessionals in classrooms and pupil personnel services. Part 2 relates the historical and legislative developments of paraprofessionals in the mental health…