Social support and psychiatric severity are known to influence substance abuse. However, little is known about how their influences vary under different conditions. We aimed to study how different types of social support were associated with substance abuse outcomes among persons with low and moderate psychiatric severity who entered Sober Living…

California school districts have generated an immediate 20 percent administrative saving by self-insuring Workers' Compensation. (Author/MLF)

A PROGRAMED GUIDE HAS BEEN PREPARED TO ASSIST GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PREPARE THEIR SEMESTER'S PROGRAM. PROCEDURES ARE DESCRIBED FOR STUDENTS WHO WISH TO (1) TAKE A LIMITED NUMBER OF CLASSES FOR PERSONAL ENRICHMENT, (2) ENROLL IN SPECIFIC COURSES IN PREPARATION FOR EMPLOYMENT, (3) COMPLETE REQUIREMENTS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, (4) EARN A…

Describes a workshop providing tools for self-confrontation and for acquiring self-help methods of making the desired changes in participants' daily lives. Many participants came to the realization that they are not passive victims of life, that they do make choices, and that they shape their lives by those choices. (Author/BEF)

A DETAILED PROGRAMED GUIDE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO ASSIST STUDENTS AT GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE IN (1) MAKING CAREER DECISIONS, (2) OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A CHOSEN CAREER, (3) FORMULATING OVERALL EDUCATIONAL PLANS, (4) PLANNING DETAILED PROGRAMS FOR ALL SEMESTERS OF ATTENDANCE AT THE COLLEGE, AND (5) REVIEWING PLANS WITH…

Describes the North Bay Human Development Corporation's (NBHDC) operation of the Senior Skills Center in Santa Rosa (Sonoma County) California, a CETA-funded self-help program that taps the resources of the county's older adult population to provide other seniors with second career training, counseling, job placement, and low-cost products and…

SHE is a rural California home building corporation founded on the principles of self-help. Lacking sufficient capital to purchase or finance a home by conventional means, a low-income family may elect to "self-construct with SHE". A participant family agrees to invest its labor, up to 1,500 hours, in the supervised construction of its…

The Fresno County Refugee Health Volunteer Project enables individuals, families, and community groups to meet their health care needs. In spite of various problems, valuable progress has been made since 1984. The program is a model approach to health care which builds on the strength and skills of the community. (VM)

Accumulating research attests to the benefits of self-help groups for people who have various chronic health problems. Expansion of self-help group participation may enable a broader portion of society to experience these health benefits. The Media and Education for Self-Help (MESH) Project was an effort to increase interest in health-related…