This paper describes why acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a global health problem and discusses special features of the virus and its infection. This disease's transmission and interaction with other diseases, along with 1986 statistics concerning AIDS, are presented in terms of selected continents and countries. The World Health…

This study concerns the help-seeking behavior of black males as it relates to mental health and attempts to identify the day-to-day concerns and problems of black males, describe their help seeking patterns, and make suggestions for future research and policy development to improve black males' mental health. The sample was 142 black males, ages…

This publication is intended as a reference for school-level personnel, such as nurses, selected teachers, and administrators, on the procedures for initiating and maintaining a scoliosis screening program for girls in grade seven and boys in grade eight. It provides school personnel with a document that contains standards for school screening…

The National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program was conducted to assess the costs and benefits of combinations of school-based preventive dental care procedures. The program involved almost 30,000 elementary school children from 10 sites across the country. Classroom procedures, such as weekly fluoride mouthrinse, were administered or…

The 3 problems which are being attacked through state funding of residency training programs are: (1) lack of physicians in rural areas; (2) the need for more primary care physicians; and (3) the need to retain a larger percentage of physicians in the states which provide their medical education. (Author/PG)

In this exploratory research study an ethnographic and survey approach was used to examine help seeking behavior in a Latino community. The emphasis of the study was on the identification of those existing functional social networks which are most accessible, preferred, and used by this group during times of emotional or social stress. Information…

To determine whether the addition of milieu principles to a contingency program increases its effectiveness, the investigators compared two treatment programs in a mental hospital: (a) a social learning or token economy approach and (b) a combined social learning and milieu approach. (Author)

This article discusses an instructional strategy used in a middle school mental health unit dealing with crisis prevention and intervention. (JS)

Research supported in part by the U.S. Department of Labor (OMPER Grant Number 82-06-66-62).

Presented at the Goshen Indiana School Health Conference, September 1967 and reprinted from the Indiana State Board of Health Bulletin, page 12, February 1968.