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Ashery, Rebecca S., Ed. – 1992
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has developed training and technical assistance services to train indigenous outreach workers hired by NIDA's national Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) outreach demonstration research projects. The NIDA community outreach demonstration research projects for AIDS are the first large-scale,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Community Health Services, Drug Abuse, Drug Use
National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, Washington, DC. – 1991
This report promotes one-stop shopping for health and social services as an effective strategy for accommodating the needs of pregnant women and their children. Roadblocks to receipt of care by pregnant women include ignorance of prenatal or preventive pediatric services, poverty, weak referral networks, and the fragmentation of programs and…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Health Services, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Sledden, Elizabeth – 1989
The Healthy Beginnings program is designed to help parents of prematurely born infants adjust to parenting challenges and opportunities of the first 2 years of the infant's life. The Healthy Beginnings Program provides parents of premature infants with support and guidance by offering: (1) monthly education and support meetings; (2) evaluations…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Coping, Parent Education, Parenting Skills
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1986
This document contains a two-part manual intended to help the community health worker in dealing with drug and alcohol problems within a framework of general health and social care. It was designed to help the community health worker: (1) acquire knowledge and skill in working with families, the community, and individuals; (2) recognize cases of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism, Community Health Services
Trail, Ira D. – 1974
A Federal mandate to provide comprehensive care for the aged population in this country has stimulated program planning in gerontology by mental health professionals. Introduction of the geriatric nurse practitioner into the mental health care system is viewed as one means of attempting to increase both the availability and quality of primary…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Educational Gerontology, Geriatrics, Health Needs
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Ackerman, Norma; Baisel, Suzanne – Nursing Outlook, 1975
An internship program for baccalaureate nurses beginning their first work experience as visiting nurses provided support and guidance and produced confident, well-prepared staff members six months after they began work; for new nurses who did not serve an internship, the six months' experience was one of anxiety and turmoil. (AJ)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Organizations, Home Visits, Internship Programs
Fleckman, Bess – J Sch Health, 1969
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Health Services, Grade 8, Health Education
Mahoney, Stanley C.; Hodges, Allen – Ment Hyg, 1969
Descriptors: Community Centers, Community Education, Community Health Services, Consultation Programs
Cherkasky, Martin – J Med Educ, 1969
Speech delivered to Plenary Session on "Specific Needs for Medical Manpower at the annual meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (79th, Houston, Texas, Nov. 2, 1968.
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Involvement, Health Conditions, Health Education
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Levine, Daniel U.; Mares, Kenneth R. – 1981
The relationships among geographic origins, externship placement, and post-graduation practice location of University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) 1977-79 pharmacy graduates were studied. The aim was to help select, prepare, and encourage students to locate in underserved communities. It is assumed the data can help decide whether to retain,…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Community Health Services, Geographic Distribution, Health Personnel
Frankenburg, William K., Ed. – 1980
Proceedings from a 1980 symposium on the delivery of education and health services to handicapped children are summarized. Topics briefly addressed include funding, leadership and responsibility, communication and trust, and coordination and collaboration strategies. Fifteen conference recommendations are listed, including that each level of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Health Services, Coordination, Disabilities
Bunker, Douglas R. – 1978
The Health Systems Agencies created to plan and coordinate the development of health care systems in 205 health service areas across the states have a need to be legitimized and operationalized in community contexts in order to achieve their purpose. Community psychologists have both research and consultation roles to play in contributing to…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Organizations, Consultants, Counselor Role
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1970
This report examines the current status of child health services in the United States and identifies priorities for an improved health care program for mothers and children. Its recommendations are designed as guidelines for constructive discussion by participants in the 1970 White House Conference on Children. A major thesis of the report is that…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Children, Community Health Services, Federal Programs
Tucker, E. W. – 1969
While the main activity of veterinarians is the care and treatment of animals, they are professionally trained personnel who have a history of involvement in community action. Their full potential has not been tapped to help alleviate the inadequacies of rural health services. Cited in this paper are specifics relating the number of trained…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Involvement, Community Leaders, Educational Background
Community Health Service (DHEW/PHS), Arlington, VA. Div. of Health Resources. – 1969
These guidelines relate to the recruitment, selection, training, and utilization of homemaker/home health aides. Some of the major tenets which the document develops are: (1) adequate leadership and financial support, (2) broad definition of the role based on an ongoing assessment of family health and social needs, (3) identification of a…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Attendants, Community Health Services, Guidelines
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