Investigates the impact of poor community health and maternal isolation on mothers' active engagement in a home-visiting family support program. Results showed that if the mother was living in a county that displayed poor community health, or if the mother was isolated from immediate family and friendship networks, the likelihood of actively…

Reviews major risk factors for cigarette smoking, alcohol, and other drug abuse and promising community approaches to primary prevention. Longitudinal study assigned communities to program and control conditions. Adolescent program participants exhibited significant reductions at three years in tobacco and marijuana use with equivalent reductions…

Examined 373 programs providing eight types of services sponsored by the aging network in Massachusetts to determine which were utilized by mentally retarded elderly. Results from the mail survey indicated that 52 percent of the programs were actually utilized by this population. (Author/BHK)

Guidelines are presented that can help Parent Teacher Associations, schools, and parents assess the ability of community agencies and programs to serve the needs of children, families, and the community. Topics include staffing, licensing and accreditation, insurance, resources, program evaluation, networking, ethical and professional standards,…

After efforts to improve mental health services for older adults, services to older adult minorities were compared with services to non-minority counterparts by questioning aging specialists (N=72). Found although aging specialists perceived substantial growth in services, mental health services for ethnic minority adults showed a lower rate of…

Examines the community-based mental health preventive measures undertaken by the school psychology services in response to the missile attacks on Israel during the Gulf War. Attempts to report and delineate the major assumptions and components of some of the key interventions. (Author/NB)

Eligibility assessment systems for community long-term care vary widely across programs funded by states and Medicaid and in proposals to expand federal funding. Improved equity and efficiency will require better specification of eligibility criteria, timing and setting of assessments, language of assessment items, training of assessors,…

Designed program using variety of engagement techniques and service components for homeless and marginally housed elderly. Clients (n=132) averaged three favorable outcomes. Service delivery was conceptualized as three-stage process based on differential effects of variables at each stage. Strongest predictors of outcome were number of service…

The Career Options Program provides career services to adults throughout Missouri. Activities include a toll-free career hotline, career planning workshops, and dislocated worker workshops. (SK)

Discusses the Association of Systematics Collections' efforts to provide programs and resources to help institutions meet the challenge of maintaining natural history collections. (MDH)

Describes community hostel for rehabilitating young offenders outside family environment. Describes way of life at community hostel, emphasizing its socio-behavioral intervention strategies. Notes close relationship between hostel, local community, and families of residents. Presents follow-up data concerning various aspects of 43 graduates'…

Brookdale Grandparent Caregiver Information Project tracked 124 community interventions/service programs for grandparents raising grandchildren. Found that, among programs, lack of funding and institutional support, and the consequent inability to provide child care, were among key obstacles faced, whereas while sponsorship by health and social…

The Police Neighborhood Resource Center is a collaboration among police, educators, and social services to accomplish crime reduction in high-risk areas. Residents increase problem-solving skills and community-police relations improve. (SK)

Examines funding of college radio stations in terms of their purposes as perceived by station directors and directors' perception of how that purpose is perceived by the college or university. Finds that the view of the radio station as a student training facility and as a service to the community were important factors influencing funding of…

Health and welfare agencies are increasingly accommodating the women's movement by cultivating interpersonal skills and competencies and moving away from traditional gender roles and forms of community. The emphasis is on helping women acquire autonomy and develop new forms of community. (SK)