This article suggests programs and educational approaches in which safety belt and child restraint use are promoted as preventive health practices. Health educators are encouraged to view these protective behaviors as part of a healthy life-style and promote occupant protection as a life-style behavior. (Author/CT)

Recent national data suggests that there is a similarity between the prevalence of clinically defined mental health problems, as well as comorbidity including substance abuse, among rural and urban adult populations. However, due to the lack of a mental health and substance abuse infrastructure in rural areas, many times these disorders go…

This study examined data from focus groups with New York City adolescents and interviews with health care providers serving New York City adolescents (hospital based clinics, school based health centers, child health clinics, community health centers, and a multi-service adolescent center) in order to determine how to promote health and reduce…

An interview survey of a statewide sample of community members revealed local perceptions of health problems. While community residents differed slightly in their perceptions of local health problems and the social agencies thought to possess the ability to assist in the solution of these problems, they agreed almost unanimously on the extent to…

For some children who have been in residential treatment, life in a group home can provide a transitional experience to prepare them for return to their own home or for independent living. (Editor)

Describes the problems and progress toward cultural understanding between professionals and community persons in operating the Watts Health Center. (DM)

A program using house calls as teaching sites fulfills diverse educational goals and finds high student satisfaction. House calls create a more complete and realistic view of factors affecting health, allow interactions with nontraditional patients, improve physician-patient relationships, provide expanded opportunities for observation and…

An assessment of the demographic, health status, and health care use characteristics of the patients at hospital- and community-based health care centers at one family practice residency location is used to examine the effects these differences may have on resident training. It was found that neither site is clearly preferable for training. (MSE)

A study assessed the extent of health education services provided by community health services in Illinois. The need for agencies to define target populations and their health education needs and to state agency educational objectives clearly is underscored. (PP)

Describes the development of a mobile geriatric outreach team. The importance of thorough, interdisciplinary assessment and the offering of active, brief psychotherapy are stressed. Community education programs and consultations to the aging network reach the senior community and other referral sources. Preliminary program evaluation data are…

Three case studies of students with special health problems serve as an introduction to a discussion of the role of the school nurse in a community-based School Problems Clinic. The school nurse is responsible for obtaining medical information and making referrals, counseling parents, and monitoring the needs of special students. (JN)

Examines the concept of social network as a mediating construct linking psychiatric epidemiology and community mental health. Presents a selective review of studies investigating the structural and interactional features of the social networks of psychiatrically impaired persons. Implications of results are discussed. (Author)

Marshall University School of Medicine, a new community-based medical school in Huntington, West Virginia which aims to improve the number and distribution of physicians in West Virginia through active involvement of its faculty and residents in primary care delivery, is described. (Author/MLW)