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Kentucky Univ., Lexington. Appalachian Center. – 1989
Problems of access to health care facing Appalachia mountain communities are confounded by unemployment, poverty, low education, and local religious beliefs that barrier people from receiving medical care. This proceedings addresses the issues related to health access and health needs. It contains 20 papers and 12 synopses of presentation. The…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Health Behavior, Health Needs, Health Programs
Washington Business Group on Health, Washington, DC. – 1993
This brochure describes the meeting of 63 representatives from the American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington Business Group on Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the education community convened to develop an action plan for American health care that would be responsive to children's needs. Highlighted problems included the lack of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Childhood Needs, Children
Russell, A. Yvonne, Ed.; Lusero, Gilberto T., Ed. – 1985
Papers presented, workshop discussions, and conference recommendations are collected in this report of a conference intended to review health needs along the United States-Mexico border and focus on what assistance might practically and realistically be given by the Carnegie Corporation and other private and public funders. Topics of discussion…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Biculturalism, Death, Diseases
Download full textNew York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1984
Supporting the premise that rural communities require functioning health care systems for their physiological, emotional, and economic well-being, the First Statewide Legislative Symposium on Rural Development defined problems and established goals for rural health care in New York. Despite increases in New York's overall physician supply during…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Community Services, Health Facilities, Health Needs
Galli, Nicholas, Ed.; And Others – 1982
These proceedings consist of the texts of eight papers presented at a conference on patient education. Included in the volume are the following conference presentations: "An Educational Framework in the Ambulatory Care Setting," by Jeannette J. Simmons; "The Status of Education in Ambulatory Care: A Report of the American Hospital…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Benefits, Educational Needs
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1995
The wars that began in 1991 in the countries of the former Yugoslavia caused widespread child suffering. This workshop report presents the findings from the Workshop on the Impact of War on Child Health held for doctors from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. The workshop's goal was to address the common interest in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
National Commission To Prevent Infant Mortality, Washington, DC. – 1988
A child born in Japan, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Singapore, or any of 12 other industrialized nations has a better chance of surviving his or her first year than does a child born in the United States. This is because too many babies are born too small, too many are born too soon, and too many mothers never get decent care…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Birth Weight, Community Programs, Employed Parents
