A measure of the congruence between educational needs and opportunities was administered to 103 community mental health workers and scores were correlated with a measure of job satisfaction. Persons with unmet training needs were significantly more dissatisfied with their jobs. (SK)

Client visits to an academic community nursing center (n=25,495) were coded and analyzed. Results show expansion of nursing practice and services, strong case management, and management of illness care. The usefulness of computerized clinical documentation system and of the Lundeen conceptional model of community nursing care was demonstrated.…

Results of a literature review describing the provision of education and occupational therapy training programs for older adults indicate that programs are effective in three areas: prevention of functional decline and falls, stroke, and rheumatoid arthritis. (Contains 37 references.) (JOW)

Proposes an alternative approach to community nursing assessment based on knowledge construction, including assessors' constructions of reality. Notes that qualitative methods such as triangulation allow for multiple viewpoints and evaluation of intangible aspects. (SK)

Examines the use, over three and a half years, of a sample of 20 touch-screen health kiosks in the United Kingdom. Identifies four patterns of use over time--declining, stable, increasing, and no trend--and discusses implications of these patterns. Thumbnail use graphs for the 20 kiosks are appended. (AEF)

The nursing school at the University of Texas at San Antonio revised the curriculum using a community-based health care model. More clinical experiences were offered in a variety of community settings and long-term relationships were developed with community health agencies. (SK)

Describes a research model designed to investigate the shift in the care delivery site from the acute care institution to the home and community. Transitional care may soon become familiar jargon in community health care. (JOW)

It is the academic community's responsibility to respond to the three-pronged training needs of community health educators/promotors: traditional/content health education; health education/health promotion skills, methods, and approaches; and management and administrative skills. Contributions of the Role Delineation Project and the PRINCESS and…

The University of Ottawa's occupational therapy program offers a community practice course that teaches students to identify biological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual needs of communities; to be aware of community resources; and to prepare for roles as consultant, educator, planner, service provider, broker, and interdisciplinary…

Conveys the practical knowledge shown by public health nurses since the days of Lillian Wald in the 1890s. Public health nurses have had to work with high-risk families--work that often requires a common sense approach. (JOW)

Reviews Guy Steuart's career and major themes of his writing: the nature of health, program development process, and the role of the professional health educator. (SK)

Surveyed national sample of 844 community health nurses to assess their knowledge of, attitudes toward, involvement with reproductive health services. Slightly more than 50 percent of nurses provided or administered contraceptive services to adolescents. Ninety-five percent agreed that contraceptives should be available to adolescents; 90 percent…

Prenatal care, though providing invaluable health education, including parenting instruction and contraceptive advice as well as medical supervision, is seriously limited for poor women. Suggests ways of surpassing barriers of ignorance, fear, lack of child care and transportation, and lack of skilled medical translators, and calls for more…

A survey of 314 community nurses, midwives, and health visitors in Britain revealed the practitioners' need for continuing education to help them provide research-based instruction for learners preparing for community-health service. Most practitioners had to study on their own time at their own expense. (SK)

Contains 355 references. Categories include administration/managed care, AIDS, anatomy/physiology, cancer, cardiovascular, communicable diseases, communication, community health, critical care, diet/nutrition, emergency, ethics, family, fundamentals, geriatrics, health promotion, home health, infection, intravenous, diagnosis, legal, long-term…