This document contains a list of planning committee members, institute participants, an introduction by Gerald C. St. Denis a program agenda, and institute presentations from this conference. The following presentations are included: (1) "Social Factors in the Health of Families: A Public Health Social Work Responsibility" (Stanley F. Battle); (2) "Social Factors in Infancy and Childhood" (Roger White); (3) "Social Factors in Adolescent Health" (Sharon Milligan); (4) "Greetings" (Barbara K. Shore); (5) "Interdisciplinary Health Care in Rural Areas: The Role of Public Health Social Work" (Edward J. Saunders); (6) "Integrating Public Health Social Work at Program and Bureau Levels: Content, Process and Activities" (Margaret Weinberg); (7) "The Psychosocial Impact of HTLV-III Infection on the Hemophilia Population" (Pamela Nimorwicz); (8) "Children with Special Needs and Adoptive Families: A Challenge for Public Health Social Work" (E. Virginia Lapham); (9) "Assessment of Needs, Program Planning and Resource Allocation" (Becky Williams); (10) "Evaluation and Quality Assessment in Health Care Settings: Implications for Public Health Social Work" (Edward W. Saitz and Kenneth J. Jaros); and (11) "Psychosocial Factors Affecting Shared Decision Making with Families: A Model of Reciprocal Choice in Moral, Ethical, and Legal Health Care Dilemmas" (Lann E. Thompson and Phil Ludeman). (NB)