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Download full textAlexandra Hegji; Sylvia L. Bryan; Elayne J. Heisler – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The number and availability of service-contingent loan forgiveness and loan repayment programs have expanded considerably since the establishment of the first major federal loan forgiveness program under the National Defense Education Act of 1958. This report provides information on federally authorized service-contingent student loan forgiveness…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Loan Repayment, Public Agencies, Financial Support
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1975
The bill is designed to amend the Public Health Service Act in order to revise and extend the programs of assistance under Title VII for training in the health and allied health professions, and to revise the National Health Service Corps scholarship training program. The bill details the exact additions and deletions to be made in the original…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Strozer, Jan; Juszczak, Linda; Ammerman, Adrienne – National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2010
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care's (NASBHC) 2007-2008 Census is the 11th request for data from school-based health centers (SBHCs) since 1986. The Census: (1) provides a better understanding of the role of SBHCs in meeting the needs of underserved children and adolescents; (2) collects relevant trend data on demographics,…
Descriptors: School Policy, Clinics, Disadvantaged, Trend Analysis
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
The Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources' amendment of the Public Health Service Act (S. 1220) regarding Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is presented. The amendment provides for a comprehensive program of education, information, risk reduction, training, prevention, treatment, care, and research of AIDS. This volume includes a…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Federal Legislation, Health Education, Health Programs
Direct linkScott, Michael – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
Efforts to expand diversity in the health professions has received a boost from a prominent member of Congress. U.S. Senator Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, recently introduced a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act as part of a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of minority and other underserved populations. This bill, which is being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Employment Opportunities, Public Health
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1991
On April 25, 1991, a hearing examined the problem of lead poisoning and reviewed the actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies to address the problem. Many of those who gave testimony considered the actions to be inadequate. The detrimental effects of lead on human health, and especially children's health and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Drinking Water, Environmental Standards
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1988
This document comprises testimony and materials presented at a hearing on H.R. 954, a bill which would provide assistance for centers for minority education in medicine, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and dentistry. The following individuals presented testimony: (1) Lindy Boggs, a Representative from Louisiana; (2) William Hill Boner, a…
Descriptors: Dentistry, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. Bureau of Health Manpower. – 1978
Provisions of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 (PL 94-484), which amends Title VII of the Public Health Service Act and other laws, are explained. Most existing authorities are extended without change through FY77. Most new authorities go into effect in FY78 for a three year period. The provisions explained cover the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Construction Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
Despite an explosion in scientific knowledge and the capacity of medicine to diagnose, treat, and cure diseases, blacks and other minorities have not benefitted fully or equitably from these advances. The systems which are responsible for implementing health technologies do not work in favor of minority groups. An amendment to the Public Health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Black Colleges, Blacks, Federal Aid
Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
A lack of diversity among health care professionals is placing the health of at least one-third of the nation at risk. This fact was among findings announced recently by the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce in its report, "Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions." The 16-member commission calls…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Student Diversity, Minority Groups, Health Occupations
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
This document, submitted by Senator Kennedy, is the official Senate report on the authorization of the Health Professions Training and Nurse Education Improvement Act of 1991 (the reauthorization of the original Public Health Service Act)--legislation that provides for programs that support the training and education of professional health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. – 1979
Hearings on the Nurse Training Act Amendments of 1979 are presented. Texts are given of House Resolutions 1143, 1337, 1651, 1820, and 2489 to amend Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act to extend for two fiscal years the program of assistance for nurse training. Statements, testimonies, and letters from witnesses are provided. Among the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Juszczak, Linda; Schlitt, John; Moore, Aisha – National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 2007
The National Assembly on School-Based Health Care conducted the 2004-05 Census, the tenth count of school-based health centers (SBHCs) since 1986, to: (1) provide a better understanding of the role of SBHCs in meeting the needs of underserved children and adolescents; (2) collect up-to-date data on demographics, staffing services, operations,…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Health Personnel, Program Descriptions, Patients
