Presented are abstracts of documents and research pertaining to the clinical description, laboratory diagnosis, management, and therapy of syphilis and gonorrhea. Abstracted case studies of other minor venereal and related diseases are also included, as are bibliographies on current research and evaluation, public health methods, and behavioral…

Presented are abstracts of documents and research pertaining to the clinical description, laboratory diagnosis, management, and therapy of syphilis and gonorrhea. Abstracted case studies of other minor venereal and related diseases are also included, as are bibliographies on current research and evaluation, public health methods, and behavioral…

Presented are abstracts of documents and research pertaining to the clinical description, laboratory diagnosis, management, and therapy of syphilis and gonorrhea. Abstracted case studies of other minor venereal and related diseases are also included, as are bibliographies on current research and evaluation, public health methods, and behavioral…

Nine articles, related to the preservation of the natural quality of the air, and to prevention, elimination and control of atmospheric pollution in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, are contained in this document. These articles were written and enacted by the Environmental Quality Board in accordance with Law No. 9, approved June 18, 1970 -…

Describes seven case studies from a range of health settings in terms of the diversity of expression of the principles of community-oriented primary care (COPC). Suggests COPC is not limited to publicly funded programs. Argues that the organization of financing and the lack of feasible quantitative tools hinder the full development of the COPC…

This presentation and training aid provides a brief overview and discussion of the nature and scope of youth suicide, what prevention programs try to do, a framework for a public health approach, guides to programs and more. This material can be used for both handouts and as overheads for use with presentations. (GCP)

A listing of dealers and supply houses, relative to pollution control, in the U.S.: A state-by-state alphabetical listing of dealer and supplier locations. (LK)

A list of professional consulting services, relative to pollution control, i.e. companies offering consulting services only, listed alphabetically within major geographical regions. (LK)

Alphabetical list of trade names and manufacturer's name for products intended for the environmental field. (LK)

A news report on the possibility of a generic problem with fuel element design in scaled-up'' nuclear power plants. Some damage has been detected in new plants. (AL)

Describes an experimental program of health care for a Navajo community, and discusses the use of personal physician care where a para-medical referral system may have been more technologically efficient. (AL)

Provides strategies for constructing theories of theory-based evaluation and provides examples in the field of public health. Techniques are designed to systematize and bring objectivity to the process of theory construction. Also introduces a framework of program theory. (SLD)

The cross-national WHO-study Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) is a comprehensive adolescent survey ongoing in Europe based on a public health perspective. The present study, examining the HBSC-instrument on subjective health, uses the unidimensional Rasch model. Items are analysed with respect to their operating characteristics…

Randomly selected full-time college students attending four-year colleges in 39 states completed a questionnaire about alcohol consumption and driving. The results revealed that 29 percent of the students drove after drinking some amount of alcohol 10 percent drove after drinking five or more drinks, and 23 percent rode with a driver who was high…