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Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Lucich, Mardi, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2004
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Disease Control, Communicable Diseases
Zamani, Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Kunitz, Judith, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2003
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Play
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Walsh, Eileen, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2005
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Referral
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1976
This publication describes three years of a major venereal disease education effort in California resulting from mutual cooperation of the State Departments of Education and Health, county school and health officials, and local school districts and community agencies. It represents the views of numerous leaders in the field of VD education and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Health Education, Hygiene, Program Descriptions
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Baezconde-Garbanati, Lourdes; Portillo, Carmen J.; Garbanati, James Allen – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1999
Analyzes health indicators for Latinas in rural and urban California. Discusses Latina demographics; causes of death; life expectancy; and profiles for breast cancer, cervical cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and AIDS. Examines Latina risk factors: poverty, high dropout rates, lack of health insurance, obesity, physical inactivity, low levels of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, At Risk Persons, Diseases, Females
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Fisher, Dennis G.; Milroy, Michael E.; Reynolds, Grace L.; Klahn, Jennifer A.; Wood, Michele M. – Crime & Delinquency, 2004
This study explored associations between ever having been arrested and other variables among 490 male drug users. Participants were classified into three groups based on recent sexual history: men who had not had sex (NOSEX), men who had had sex with women (HETERO), and men who had had sex with men (MSM). We found that MSM who had been arrested…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Correctional Institutions, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Screening Tests
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Leonard, Victoria, Ed.; Gendell, Mara, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2006
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of this newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Immunization Programs
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Berberet, Heather M. – Child Welfare, 2006
Needs assessments require staff with the necessary expertise to design the study, collect the data, analyze the data, and present results. They require money, time, and persistence, because the people one wishes to assess often are difficult to access. This article argues for the centrality of a well-done needs assessment when developing services…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Needs Assessment, Program Development, Evaluation Methods
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Coyle, Karin K.; Kirby, Douglas B.; Robin, Leah E.; Banspach, Stephen W.; Baumler, Elizabeth; Glassman, Jill R. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
This study evaluated All4You!, a theoretically based curriculum designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors associated with HIV, other STDs, and unintended pregnancy among students in alternative schools. The study featured a randomized controlled trial involving 24 community day schools in northern California. A cohort of 988 students was assessed…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Intervention, Day Schools, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Musil, Caryn McTighe, Ed.; Hovland, Kevin, Ed. – Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2005
Civic engagement is the focus of this issue of "Diversity Digest." Concrete examples of institutions that have linked diversity and civic engagement in powerful, effective, and educationally transforming ways are presented. What is seen in the field is encouraging. Articles feature new conceptual frameworks for civic learning, curricular…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Consciousness Raising, Democracy, Citizenship Education
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Boyer-Chuanroong, Lynda; Deaver, Paul – Journal of School Health, 2000
Describes the efforts, outcomes, and recommendations from an urban California school district's pilot program for vaccinating preteens in two diverse urban middle schools. Barriers and strategies included staff inexperience, educating students, informing parents, tracking vaccinations, coping with language diversity, and creating individualized…
Descriptors: Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Diversity (Student), Health Promotion
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Urizar, Guido G., Jr.; Winkleby, Marilyn A. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2003
A study examining AIDS awareness among northern California Latinos surveyed 817 Latinos from a community and 188 Latino men from migrant labor camps. Misconceptions about AIDS transmission were highest among Latinos with low educational attainment, particularly men from labor camps, older Latinos, and Latinos with low educational attainment who…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Educational Attainment, Educational Needs, Health Behavior
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Leonard, Victoria, Ed.; Gendell, Mara, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2006
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Care, Young Children, Motor Vehicles
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Hart, Vicki R.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1996
Describes a unified, statewide effort to increase outreach activities targeted to ethnic minority families with a demented relative. Provides data demonstrating the effectiveness of these programs. (SNR)
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Asian Americans, Blacks, Community Programs
Wooten, Donald B. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1989
Examines the increase in AIDS patients in rural California, which is greater than that in urban areas, including AIDS population projections through 1991. Describes differences between AIDS populations in rural and urban areas and relates these to state expenditure patterns and differential needs. (DHP)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Incidence, Epidemiology, Health Needs
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