This paper describes the goals and implementation of a program which trains pediatricians in child development at Boston Children's Hospital. The program emphasizes an understanding of "normal" child development, rather than the pathological model with which most pediatricians are familiar. Pediatricians are encouraged to use their…

This literature review has been prepared as one aid in the process of outlining indicators of minimally acceptable performance of practicing licensed physicians in the service of the Department of Health in Puerto Rico as part of the University of Puerto Rico's Special Curso de Perfeccionamiento, a course that was developed for unlicensed…

To determine the extent of perceived mental health problems and the adequacy of services in a six-county area of West Virginia, a questionnaire was mailed to a sample population selected from voter registration lists, the number in the sample from each county proportionately determined by the counties' total population. The conclusion that…

Results are presented of a nationwide survey on the use of baccalaureate level community health educators in state health departments, policies for employing persons as community health educators, and job specifications for these positions. It is recommended that baccalaureate level educators be used to reduce the staff shortage in community…

Describes a program to prevent infant abuse and neglect through the identification of infants at risk. (SB)

The author states that assessing a client's network and the support it provides expands the database available to the nurse for making decisions about care. She examines also the relationship between networks and stress, the use of networks to alert the nurse to patients at risk, and network building. (CT)

Discusses Project SCOPE (Seniors' Community Outreach Programs and Education) which provided an enriched on-the-job training program in community health work. Activities were directed toward developing skills in conducting a needs assessment, networking, care planning, resource utilization and community development. Discusses project's…

Conducted follow-up investigation on counselor's role in community mental health, surveying 150 multiservice mental health agencies to evaluate counselor job performance. Found master's level counselors delivered direct care services competently. Results suggest that counselor education programs should consider strengthening student knowledge of…

Reviewed is literature on treatment for the mentally ill with regard to institutionalization and its replacement by community treatment. (IM)

The environmental health administrative problem of reducing and/or eliminating individual complaints or requests by integrating them with the planned community environmental health program is discussed. Four parameters are detailed: problem assessment, priority establishment, activity sequencing and the evaluation of program effectiveness. (BT)

In a treatment program developed at Mendota State Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin, mental patients considered unready for discharge were placed in the community. With intensive help from the social worker and other hospital staff, the community became an effective treatment agent. The results of the program should encourage professionals who work…

To achieve greater coordination of human services delivery at the community level, the community school can act as a base for needs assessment and planning as well as a base for management and operations. (Author)

How a program in family life fits in with the sponsoring community mental health center's treatment services and how the prevention program operates is discussed along with the philosophical foundations on which it is based. (Author)