How this law affects vocational educators, and how they should prepare for the rigid enforcement that is sure to come, is the main concern of this article. (Editor)

A rather thorough description of the professional equipment utilized in the Environmental Health Program at East Tennessee State University. Describes equipment and apparatus employed in the General Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety, and the Air and Water Pollution Control Areas. Table of recommended basic professional equipment…

Fourteen leading behavioral scientists explore the relationship between environment and health with a focus on the following question: As we look at health care as people receive it in their communities and the realities of America today, what can we do to improve it?'' Philosophical, scientific issues discussed in round table fashion. (LK)

Discusses the human costs of producing and using nuclear fuel to generate electricity and...whether these costs are equitably compensated for and represented in the price of the electricity.'' Analysis considers estimates of the value of human life, lost productivity, and potential effects of radiation. (Author/AL)

Indications are that degree of adherence to philosophy of community mental health among area board members, as measured by the Community Mental Health Ideology Scale and the five-term form of the Political-Economic-Conservatism Scale, is significantly negatively correlated with dogmatism and conservatism. (Author/CJ)

Among study findings are: (1) girls seem to have less tendency to acoustic trauma than boys though the sampling groups was smaller; (2) the significant difference exists between those students who subject their ears to loud noises regularly and those who do not. (Author)

Much student discontent stems from the chaos, impersonality, and frenetic pace of the university bureaucracy. Mental health professionals have an important and legitimate role to play in overcoming these conditions and in helping to humanize the university. But such a role entails a radical reassignment of priorities and a new image, especially…

Concepts synthesized from British and American literature were judged for applicability by selected education and health leaders. Responses to questionnaires are analyzed, and implications are discussed. Presented at Research Council of American School Health Association, Detroit, 1968. (CJ)

An adequate plan for community mental health education should include consideration of five basic elements approached from the vantage point of the conceptualizations and skills necessary for practice in community mental health. (Author)

Paper presented March 16, 1969 at the Southern and Northern Occupational Therapy Association's Annual Conference, "Mandate for Change , held at Morro Bay, California.

Presents essential elements and reviews the concept of client-centered planning as an approach to program development for continuing education in public health. Client-centered planning is aimed at the identification of individual practitioner needs and the development of educational interventions tailored to improve competency in selected areas.…

Practitioners, educators, and administrators in public health nursing were asked who, in their opinion, has responsibility for community-focused functions. Though all categories agreed that the functions of assessment, analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation are important to public health nursing, there is little agreement about which…

Describes the University of Michigan Hospital organizational system which is an attempt to comprehensively address environmental health issues, including the management of regulatory liaison functions. Topics discussed include the impact of regulatory and accreditation standards on hospital management, and organization and management of…

Prevention of measle epidemics on college campuses depends on accurate documentation of vaccination. (JD)