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Direct linkMetraux, Stephen; Caplan, Joel M.; Klugman, Dutch; Hadley, Trevor R. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
This study assesses the extent of residential segregation among 15,246 people diagnosed with psychiatric disabilities and receiving Medicaid (MA) in Philadelphia, and an identically sized group of MA recipients serving as matched controls. Results indicate that overall levels of residential segregation among this group were modest at their most…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Mental Disorders, Residential Patterns, Ghettos
Download full textHarrison, Ira E. – 1972
Four papers pertaining to health services for East Coast migrant workers are included in this publication. These papers are: (1) "The Crew Leader as a Broker with Implications for Health Service Delivery," (2) "Migrant Health Project with Implications for Health Service Delivery," (3) "Planned Change in a Migrant Health…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Attitudes, Crew Leaders, Cultural Influences
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Community Affairs, Harrisburg. – 1973
The Rural Planning Specialist (RPS) Project was an effort to study and analyze methods for providing community services in rural Pennsylvania. The approach for alleviating poverty described in this report evolved from that project. The RPS program was described by need for innovation, structure of the project, RPS role and responsibilities,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Planning, Educational Opportunities, Health Services
Richmond, Joan B. – Pennsylvania Education, 1972
Fourteen special five-week summer programs for 1,300 migrant children are helping them develop self-sufficiency and self-esteem as well as gain basic skills in language development. (Editor)
Descriptors: Health Services, Individualized Instruction, Language Instruction, Migrant Education
Peer reviewedSchulberg, Herbert C.; And Others – Administration in Mental Health, 1979
The Balanced Service System specifies functions required to eliminate mental disabilities and environments in which services can be provided. The model was tested in western Pennsylvania. Although the number of agencies serving the mentally ill doubled between 1960 and 1976, relative availability of each service component remained stable.…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Environmental Influences, Human Services, Mental Disorders
Gonick, Marnina; Shannon, Laura; Allison, Amy – Feminist Teacher: A Journal of the Practices, Theories, and Scholarship of Feminist Teaching, 2006
Written in the early twentieth century, Virginia Woolf's essay, "A Room of One's Own," invites its readers to join her in search of the answer to the question of "women and fiction," and in the process the readers are treated to a piercingly articulate perspective on the condition of women in a world culture built on women's…
Descriptors: Females, Personal Narratives, Gender Issues, Feminism
Hinrichs, Clare; Schafft, Kai; Bloom, Dara; McHenry-Sorber, Erin – Center for Rural Pennsylvania, 2008
This guidebook has been developed to support and coordinate efforts across Pennsylvania to increase the connections between farms and schools. It is written for schools and school districts--and especially for food service directors, teachers, administrators, school nurses, and school health and wellness committees. It is also written for farmers…
Descriptors: Food Service, Guides, School Community Relationship, Agricultural Occupations
Riddick, Carol Cutler; Leadley, Samuel M. – 1978
In order to investigate the extent to which rural residents are represented among consumer Health Systems Agencies (HSA) governing board members, alternative indices of rurality were examined. Data were used from eight HSA's in Pennsylvania and one bi-state HSA (Pennsylvania and New York); 241 consumer addresses were analyzed. Two discrete, single…
Descriptors: Consumer Economics, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Demography
Peer reviewedIutcovich, Joyce Miller – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
A model for assessing the needs of the rural elderly based on the goal of empowerment is described and evaluated through a case study in Pennsylvania. Overall, the 63 community workers positively evaluated the needs assessment data derived through the model. Ways to enhance the model are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Health Services, Delivery Systems, Empowerment
Center for Rural Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. – 1990
The Rural Opportunities Offer Tomorrow's Success (ROOTS) program is a series of policy initiatives which address problem areas in rural education, economic development, health care, and access to programs in Pennsylvania. Policy initiatives to create a better educated rural workforce include: (1) expanding career and financial counseling in rural…
Descriptors: Health Services, Opportunities, Public Policy, Rural Development
HORTING, RUTH G.; AND OTHERS – 1960
DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN 1954 AND 1961 IN MIGRANT CHILD CARE CENTERS AND SERVICES IN PENNSYLVANIA WERE GIVEN. BEFORE 1954 THE PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR MIGRATORY LABOR URGED THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE TO ESTABLISH CHILD CARE CENTERS FOR THE CHILDREN OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN POTTER COUNTY, THE TWO…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Demography, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Rosenbach, Margo – 2001
In order to address problems related to the health care of children in foster care, policymakers need detailed information about health status, health care utilization, and Medicaid expenditures. This policy brief summarizes a study examining health care utilization and expenditures paid by Medicaid for children in foster care in California,…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Comparative Analysis, Foster Care
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1993
Describes a two-year nursing program at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford (Pennsylvania) that was developed 15 years ago to address the critical shortage of trained nurses in rural northern Pennsylvania. To date, the program has graduated 269 students, of which approximately 75% have taken jobs within the region. (LP)
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Opportunities, Health Services, Higher Education
Terwilliger, Susan H. – Executive Educator, 1996
School-based health clinics fill a growing need for routine health care for children--especially for those with working parents and special circumstances. Traditional school health services cannot handle increasing numbers of disabled, chronically ill, and medically fragile children. Costing about $170,000 yearly, clinics can prevent future…
Descriptors: Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Services, Intervention
Sibbison, Virginia, Comp.; And Others – 1972
This document lists Pennsylvania Day Care consultants. The list was obtained as the result of a mail inquiry sent to members of several professional groups concerned with day care, early childhood education or treatment of preschool children. The list includes the name and address of each consultant, arranged into the following areas of expertise:…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Involvement, Consultants, Day Care
