The major objectives of child health strategy are the improvement of the health status of mothers, children, and adolescents, and the maintenance of coordinated, effective, and accessible systems of health care delivery, combining the resources of the Public Health Service and the states in cooperative undertakings. (JD)

Addresses the issue of defining limits of confidentiality for the life-threatening dilemma of a client who has the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus and who continues to be sexually active without informing his or her partners. Reviews the medical background of AIDS, legal limits, and ethical issues of confidentiality. Supports…

Replicated two earlier studies undertaken by the Vanderbilt Psychotherapy Research Group to investigate relation between process and outcome of brief psychotherapy. Rated audiotaped segments of 38 brief psychodynamic psychotherapies with adult outpatients. Found significant correlations between therapist ratings of outcome and two process…

The use of technology in the rehabilitation of disabled individuals is hampered by the lack of financial resources, information on such technology, consumer involvement, and support services such as consumer training and product service. Federal and local money and resources plus the involvement of rehabilitation professionals are needed to…

University counseling center clients read one of six counselor descriptions generated by crossing counselor gender with counselor sex roles (feminine, androgynous, and masculine), then rated their willingness to see the counselor for a variety of concerns. Feminine sex role was rated highest for personal concerns, masculine for assertiveness…

Investigated client cooperation and improvement in behavioral versus paradoxical brief treatment approaches, assessing behavior during intake interviews in terms of the coordinating style construct. There was a stronger negative relation between noncoordinating style and improvement in the behavioral as compared with the paradoxical condition.…

The special needs of the homeless elderly are discussed, followed by the presentation of a program designed to augment the work of public shelters by coordinating medical, nutrition, and social services in a day center format that is structurally integrated within the local aging service infrastructure, utilizing existing resource patterns.…

Considers natural, informal, and formal rural helping systems in an effort to clarify and elaborate concepts that are useful in understanding the context of rural practice. Describes and gives examples that influence available services: functionalist, historicist, acculturation, exchange, and ecological effects. (NEC)

Traces the development of programs for employment and training of community-based paraprofessionals in human services from the 1960s to the 1980s. Concludes that while the roles and responsibilities of paraprofessionals are expanding in all areas of human services, opportunities for training, career advancement and continuing education are not…

Reviews the contributions of Ollie Randall, a pioneer in the field of aging, and discusses current issues and future directions in gerontology, in five papers presented at the Ollie A. Randall Symposium, at the Gerontological Society of America, 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, 1982. (JAC)

The focus of this hearing is on State efforts to comply with Federal child welfare review requirements related to safety, permanency, and child and family well-being. This document commences with the Advisory of May 6, 2004, announcing the hearing. This is followed by witness testimonies from: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,…

The year 2005 marks 40 years since Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was signed into effect by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. But impediments to voting rights still exist, along with other civil rights problems. It is thus imperative that agencies be given the authority and adequate…

Although much is known about how to help welfare recipients find jobs, little is known about how to help them and other low-wage workers keep jobs or advance in the labor market. This report presents information on the effectiveness of a program in South Carolina that aimed to help former welfare recipients obtain jobs, work more steadily, and…

The need to respond to the concerns of transgender youth in care is compelling. Transgender youth, particularly those involved with the child welfare system, are often severely stereotyped and subject to abuse, homelessness, depression, and fear. The Child Welfare Leaguer of America convened a roundtable of professionals and transgender youth to…

This course textbook has been adapted from the four-volume "Handbook of Applied Developmental Science" (SAGE 2003), a work that offers a detailed roadmap for action and research in ensuring positive child, youth, and family development. In 20 chapters, "Applied Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook" brings together theory and application…