The experience over 13 years of one school of public health in preparing physicians for the field of maternal and child health is described. Some 256 of the 292 graduates have remained in community health work. Of the 292 graduates, 106 are engaged in some teaching responsibilities. (Editor/LBH)

A mental health consultant to public schools shares some of his experiences and presents a number of cautions, concerns, and guidelines for school personnel. (CS)

Discusses the role legal services play in public health care delivery in disadvantaged communities in relation to such socio-medical problems as lead poisoning, child abuse, involuntary mental commitment, and housing code violations. Recommends a legal advocacy program to ensure adequate public health care. (Author/SF)

Controversial proposals to establish health organizations could drastically change the delivery of health services. Understanding the issues in this controversy can help professionals in the human services see what is needed in health reform and legislation. (Author)

Health Maintenance Organizations are coming. It is imperative that each one of us in the health field, including college health personnel study them, understand them and, most of all, plan for them. Author outlines four specific proposals for effective development of an HMO. (Author/RK)

The group seemed to be a meaningful vehicle for discussing family life problems and to have practical advantages when compared to dealing with individual families. The relationships that developed among group members appeared to be particularly important. (Author)

Argues that the pattern of patient care which is emerging to serve the lower socioeconomic groups is approaching the pattern which serves the rest of the population, as the prejudice barrier falls. (DM)

The principal feature distinguishing this project from similar ones involving college students was its attempt to make their involvement community-oriented. (Editor)

This article describes the rationale, design, and development of a community based school mental health training program that seeks to establish constructive collaboration between those principles most influential in the mental health of young school children educators, mental health professionals, parents, and the children themselves. (Author)

Article based on a paper presented at the Second World Meeting on Medical Law in Washington, D.C., August 20, 1970. (IR)

Survey findings suggest medical students' choice of career and locality can be used in selection process to fill current priorities of community need. (IR)

Community mental health centers can serve the needs of urban deviants; however, ways must be found of helping communities reestablish themselves as fit places to live. Professionals must consider these problems and draw community residents into comprehensive planning for the future. (Author)

In training nonprofessionals for a mental health project leadership role, directors attempted to find methods which were responsive to the needs of trainees. General appraisal of training and training techniques are presented. )Author/BY(

The authors describe methods and rationale of assignment of roles and give consideration to the nonprofessional role in its most simple form, a description of job behavior perceived to be appropriate for nonprofessional project leaders. (Author)

Discusses how a series of experimental health programs that have improved medical care for people in poor Nashville communities have also solved some of Meharry Medical College's financial problems. (WM)