Examined the impact of client need scores in the allocation of resources for community mental health services in Massachusetts. Indicated no significant difference in allocation between groups relative to client need, with resources being distributed evenly across geographic areas. (Author/ABB)

Uncompensated/free care and community service obligations under the Hill-Burton Act can assist substantially in providing needed health care services to the Black community. Blacks, however, must become knowledgeable about these obligations, develop monitoring projects, and be prepared to take legal steps to bring Hill-Burton facilities into…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical effect of continuing education designed to teach physical assessment skills to community health nurses. (JOW)

Describes a program in which simulating and videotaping family interventions allows students to practice working with families in a protected environment, which helps them learn to do family assessment and intervention rather than applying individual intervention and assessment approaches to family systems. (CT)

In response to a need for a comprehensive program to fill the gap in services for children with diabetes and their families, the Diabetic Youth and Family Program of Wichita, Kansas is directing efforts to deal effectively and creatively with children's diabetic problems. (CS)

The educational preparation and use of nurse-midwives working with other health team members has helped reduce the maternal and infant mortality and morbidity rate in Mississippi. The development of the program employed is described. (AG)

Describes the role of volunteers which has undergone some rather revolutionary changes since the days of the gift bag lady." (Author/MB)

Discussed is the consultation of mental health professionals with nonprofessional mental health workers for the purpose of presenting several dimensions of this process and attempting to define what the consultant should be like and what he should do to work effectively with nonprofessional consultees. (Author/BY(

Discusses necessity of specialized training for nurses working in the ICU of small rural community hospitals. Suggest hospital inservice education programs. Charts and references. (RB)

The full time assignment of a school physician at a neighborhood health center can provide improved health services to the target school population. (Author)

The major difficulty facing community mental centers is uncertain financial support making it difficult to acquire and hold the necessary staff. These centers will achieve neither stability nor their true potential until this nation devises a universal system of prepaid medical care. Presented at World Mental Health Assembly in Washington, D.C.,…

In his efforts to obtain community commitment, the mental health professional must be aware that idiosyncratic expectancies of what the center will accomplish are held by the sponsoring agencies. (Author)