Outlines a pilot program which is intended to extend the role of the school nurse. (RK)

Paper analyzes the need for health education as a part of higher education as well as efficient methods for making health courses relevant. (RK)

Health Maintenance Organizations are coming. It is imperative that each one of us in the health field, including college health personnel study them, understand them and, most of all, plan for them. Author outlines four specific proposals for effective development of an HMO. (Author/RK)

The organization of the self-help program for adolescents at Mendocino State Hospital is structured to provide a continuing growth experience for its residents through the strategic use of role relationships, status positions and other social reinforcers. (Authors)

This study reveals a common opinion regarding the importance of adequate health care at reasonable cost for all citizens, that it is a political issue. (JB)

Five papers are presented which highlight a number of services which have been organized or proposed by students at City College of San Francisco. All of the services described are as beneficial to the students who administer them as to the students who utilize them. (Author/CB)

This article begins with a general overview of the situation, and then focuses in more detail on the Puerto Rican case, the case of black students, and the needs of American Indians and Mexican-Americans for doctors and health workers. (JM)

The group seemed to be a meaningful vehicle for discussing family life problems and to have practical advantages when compared to dealing with individual families. The relationships that developed among group members appeared to be particularly important. (Author)

To illustrate the potential of indigenous environmental health workers, a hypothetical situation is created looking at the functions of such workers in a rodent control program. Community individuals, it is shown, are aware of unlabeled communication barriers which impede delivery of health services. Recognizing and utilizing this awareness can…

The principal feature distinguishing this project from similar ones involving college students was its attempt to make their involvement community-oriented. (Editor)

Description of adoption-diffusion model used in Minnesota program to increase school administrators' awareness of mental health problems. (SP)

Provides abstracts and citations of journal articles and reports dealing with aspects of mental health. Topics include alcoholism, drug abuse, disadvantaged, mental health programs, rehabilitation, student mental health, and others. (SB)

This article describes the rationale, design, and development of a community based school mental health training program that seeks to establish constructive collaboration between those principles most influential in the mental health of young school children educators, mental health professionals, parents, and the children themselves. (Author)

In training nonprofessionals for a mental health project leadership role, directors attempted to find methods which were responsive to the needs of trainees. General appraisal of training and training techniques are presented. )Author/BY(