This report examines the current status of child health services in the United States and identifies priorities for an improved health care program for mothers and children. Its recommendations are designed as guidelines for constructive discussion by participants in the 1970 White House Conference on Children. A major thesis of the report is that…

While the main activity of veterinarians is the care and treatment of animals, they are professionally trained personnel who have a history of involvement in community action. Their full potential has not been tapped to help alleviate the inadequacies of rural health services. Cited in this paper are specifics relating the number of trained…

These guidelines relate to the recruitment, selection, training, and utilization of homemaker/home health aides. Some of the major tenets which the document develops are: (1) adequate leadership and financial support, (2) broad definition of the role based on an ongoing assessment of family health and social needs, (3) identification of a…

A study to investigate the difference between episodic and comprehensive health care utilizers was undertaken with 196 mothers who registered their children at Project Pryme clinic. There were significant differences found between the two groups in the area of alienation and its subcatagories of normlessness, powerlessness and isolation. There…

The basic premise of this document is that every community college should have a plan through which the health needs of students, faculty and staff can be met by health services which are available, accessible and of high quality. Services should be available in each of the following program areas: personal medical, mental health, and other direct…

Comments from community leaders in Pittsburgh concerning health issues point out some of the major examples of the kinds of concerns and suggestions for action voiced in the University-Urban Interface Program study on Pittsburgh goals. Quotations from the questionnaire administered by the goals committee also illustrate the kinds of things which…

In this paper, the author outlines the historical development of information and education programs for population control and family planning, arguing that communications activities should receive as much emphasis as the health services program. The public information aspect includes use of mass media, advertising and promotion, public relations…

Community mental health centers share responsibility with the school systems in their communities for the psychosocial development and mental health of the children and parents who live there. Many centers work to develop partnerships with the schools. They use consultation as a major tool. (Author/CTM)

A study that sought to identify and describe the nature and content of questions asked by pharmacy patrons at the prescription counter is reported. The results indicate that the pharmacy is an important area in primary and self-health care, and that students should be trained in methods of responding and educating in one-to-one situations. (JMD)

Some of the clinical, social, and administrative issues raised by the Department of Health and Social Security's (DHSS) policy for developing a community psychiatric service are discussed. Questions and answers about policy implementation are also covered, as well as evaluative research findings that bear upon relevant aspects of community…

A polling technique devised to discover the attitudes and priorities of low income families on the subject of health care is described. (JD)

A solution to the problem of continuing professional education for pharmacists may be the utilization of the mass media rather than relying on them to travel to a centralized classroom. Several programs are reviewed along with types of format and content and the need for further research on radio program evaluation. (LBH)

A survey of counseling services in California programs for the deaf indicated a continuing need to expand school counseling programs and community mental health resources. Survey results are compared with a similar study conducted 10 years earlier, and seven new recommendations are made. Thirty-eight existing programs in California are listed.…

Examines the relationship between communicative and organizational processes in the medical and financial screening steps of the patient intake process of an urban out-patient clinic. Case studies of conversational routines in medical intake show how these processes elicit and provide information in categories used to reconcile conflicting medical…

The article describes an alternative approach to preparing infant interventionists by providing interdepartmental training in special education and maternal and child health. The program recognizes the transactional nature of infant development, infants as part of a family system, and the ecological notion that the family system is nested within…