Discusses need to adapt urban models to communities of low population density, particularly in operational areas of personnel selection, program development, community-staff relationship and program content. (CJ)

University medical centers must be prepared to produce additional qualified manpower and health care programs to be required by renewed health manpower legislation. (IR)

Analyzes the reasons why the privately supported community child guidance clinic, orginated in 1921 to prevent delinquency and serving a lower class clientele, came to focus on in-clinic, psychoanalytic treatment with a middle class clientele. (JM)

It is important that nurses, particularly those who consider themselves community health nursing specialists, assign a high priority to participation in the formation of health policy and broader public policy. To put subsequent remarks about policy into perspective, it is useful to consider the case for seeing community health nursing as…

Reacting to community opposition to a pregnancy prevention program, the Suffolk County, New York, health department assessed community needs and values to develop a program that would be acceptable. The program focuses on informing parents about teenage sexual problems and emphasizes parent-child communication. (PP)

Tested the Homemakers Home Health Aide Program Evaluation Questionnaire, a management tool for evaluating homemaker/client relationship, job performance and achievement of objectives, for a sample of 40 clients. The questionnaire, which is appended, is valid, reliable, and relatively inexpensive. (Author/JAC)

Posits that students in public health nursing must be well grounded in nursing theory and practice before planning for group health care. Discusses curriculum planning and content, roles and functions of master's program graduates, faculty-agency relationships, and clinical research. (JOW)

In an economy of scarce resources, cost containment becomes a major concern of mental health administrators. The author discusses the various approaches to cost containment, stresses the importance of sound fiscal planning and controls, and cautions against compromising service quality and accessibility in the process. (Author)

Health systems agencies are federally funded, health planning agencies responsible for regulatory activities concerning health issues in specific geographic locations. A case history discusses how health educators worked with a health systems agency to improve school health education. (JN)

To provide health education majors with high quality internships, a study was done to evaluate the internship experience in community health education. Results indicate that economic factors, such as the cost to the student, inhibit high-quality fieldwork experiences. Alternative methods of enriching the curriculum need to be developed in light of…

The purpose, activities, organization, and responsibility of the Prince George's County School Health Council are described. The purposes of the Council include advisement, representation, screening, and the development of new programs. (JN)

The program at University of Southern Mississippi provides graduates with practitioner competencies requisite to obtaining employment, while maintaining unique aspects of traditional counselor training. This psychologically based two-year training program provides graduates with a widely recognized job classification and a clearer professional…