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Chin, Laura, Ed.; And Others – 1980
This report contains papers presented and the transcripts of proceedings of a consultation to the United States Commission on Civil Rights on the civil rights of Asian and Pacific Americans. The proceedings are divided into nine sections. Each section contains the transcripts of summarized presentations of papers, discussions on each topic, and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Census Figures, Civil Rights, Educational Needs
Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, Washington, DC. Women's Research and Education Inst. – 1986
This publication presents proceedings of a conference on barriers to health care experienced by women and minorities in the United States. Welcoming remarks were offered by Representative Charles B. Rangel. Representatives Patricia Schroeder (Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues), Louis Stokes (Congressional Black Caucus), and Robert Garcia…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Females, Government Role, Health Care Costs
Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. Bureau of Health Manpower. – 1975
Papers collected in this volume were prepared for and presented at a conference designed to (1) develop improved information on the status of women as health care providers in the United States and selected countries and (2) provide for consideration by an international audience, strategies used in other countries to improve the status and…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Females
California Univ., San Francisco. – 1979
Proceedings from a conference on minority women in the health sciences are compiled. The conference participants included social scientists, nurses, health educators, physicians, and academic administrators representing institutions and programs throughout the United States. The role of minority women as health care providers was addressed as well…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Employed Women, Females, Feminism
Medical Coll. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Center for Women in Medicine. – 1975
The conference reported here was held (1) to assist the Office of Health Resources/Health Resources Administration in developing a long-range plan and identifying strategies to improve the efficacy of women in the health system and (2) to recommend by priorities those actions which would have the most positive impact on the status of women in…
Descriptors: Administration, Change Strategies, Conference Reports, Consumer Economics
American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC. – 1981
The role and attributes of deans of nursing as scholars in charge of baccalaureate or higher degree programs are considered by six deans who contributed to a continuing education workshop series. Among the topics addressed by Olga Andruskiw are: problems facing women deans, including stereotypic attitudes, difficulties in ascendancy in…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Academic Education, Administrator Responsibility, College Instruction
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1998
The Public Relations section of the Proceedings contains the following 15 papers: "The World Wide Web as a Public Relations Medium: The Use of Research, Planning, and Evaluation by Web Site Decision-Makers" (Candace White and Niranjan Raman); "Enlightened Self Interest--An Ethical Baseline for Teaching Corporate Public…
Descriptors: Advertising, Computer Mediated Communication, Conflict Resolution, Curriculum Development
Alan Guttmacher Inst., New York, NY. – 1977
Although family planning services in rural America are becoming more accessible to women who need and want them, only one-fourth of low- and marginal-income nonmetropolitan women at risk of unintended pregnancy have been served by organized family planning programs. About 150 participants, generally providers of family planning services in…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Community Health Services, Contraception, Delivery Systems
Cochrane, Hortence S., Comp. – 1977
The 1976 Rural New York Conference focused on unresolved social problems in rural America, with particular attention to needs of rural women in New York. Growing out of a course on rural poverty and social change at Syracuse University, the conference was initiated and planned primarily by students. Proceedings include "Commentaries" by:…
Descriptors: American Indians, Conference Reports, Family Planning, Federal Government
Clatterbaugh, John S., Jr.; And Others – 1986
This collection contains five papers dealing with trends in changes in the structure and labor needs of corporations in the information age. The Introduction, by Ronald A. Kepple, outlines 10 points for reinventing the corporation in the information age and reviews them in the context of the community college. Forces that are converging to take…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns
Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington, DC. – 1998
This book contains 78 of the approximately 100 conference papers presented, in 6 categories: democracy and society, employment and earnings, family and work, poverty and income, health and well being, and miscellaneous, as well as 7 poster session presentations. Representative papers include the following: "Women's Business Ownership: A…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Developed Nations, Disadvantaged
Sharbaugh, Carolyn S., Ed. – 1991
The proceedings reported in this document provide an overview of the trends, needs, and issues in maternal and child nutrition services and present recommendations and action strategies to improve such services. An executive summary presents a total of 28 recommendations and associated strategies which address general areas, women's nutrition for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Allied Health Personnel, Children, Cost Effectiveness
Ryan, W. Carson, Jr. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
The Fourth International Congress of School Hygiene, held at Buffalo, New York, August 25-30, was a notable event in the progress of health supervision as a part of public education. Because of its importance, the author was detailed to attend this conference and prepare a report of it. This report contains three parts: (1) An introduction giving…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Architecture, Accident Prevention, Sex Education