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The principal addresses at this Women's Leadership Conference on Fitness were: (1) "Keynote Address" (C. Carson Conrad); (2) "Essential Nature of Fitness" (Lawrence E. Lamb); (3) "Effects of Exercise on Women from 20-50 Years Old" (Sharon Plowman); (4) "Fitness in Older Women" (Everett L. Smith); (5) "Female Musculo-Skeletal System" (Robert P.…
Descriptors: Aerobics, Body Weight, Exercise, Females
Minckley, Barbara B., Ed.; Young, Lu Ann, Ed. – 1985
Focusing on innovative and cost-effective alternatives to traditional, custodial, and institutional health care systems, the papers in these proceedings identify the contributions of nursing and the benefits for patients of the new national emphasis on cost-effective health care. The proceedings contain: (1) "Trends in Health Promotion:…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Health Education, Innovation, Medical Services
Download full textKaufman, Mildred, Comp. – 1985
This document contains the proceedings from the Conference of State and Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors and Faculties of Graduate Programs in Public Health Nutrition designed to improve participants' proficiency in data management. It includes an introduction by Mildred Kaufman, a conference agenda, and the following presentations:…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Database Management Systems, Databases, Futures (of Society)
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Inc., Boston, MA. – 1981
Physicians charged with the responsibility for the lives of their patients and the health of the community must begin to explore a new province of prevention medicine, the prevention of nuclear war. This conference was held to alert these physicians worldwide, of the mortal peril to public health which could result from nuclear war. The hope is…
Descriptors: Civil Defense, Disarmament, International Relations, Medical Services
McCormick, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1986
A panel of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) experts at a recent conference sponsored by the National School Boards Association provided useful advice and information to school officials on medical, legal, and policy-related issues raised by the AIDS epidemic. Highlights of the conference are discussed. (TE)
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
Ekvall, Shirley M.; Wheby, Elizabeth A. – 1987
The following papers were presented at a symposium on clinical nutrition for the child who is chronically ill or handicapped: (1) "Food Allergy"; (2) "Anemia and the Chronically Ill or Handicapped Child"; (3) "Nutrition and Neurotransmitters--Clinical Implications"; (4) "The Importance of Lipid Type in the Diet after Burn Injury"; (5) "Advances of…
Descriptors: Allergy, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Children
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Inc., Boston, MA. – 1982
This conference was held to alert physicians worldwide of the mortal peril of nuclear war to public health, with the hope that they will help educate their communities about the effects of nuclear war. Summary papers prepared during the conference include: medical consequences of nuclear war with special reference to Europe--immediate problems for…
Descriptors: Civil Defense, Disarmament, Foreign Countries, International Relations
Grason, Holly Allen, Ed.; Guyer, Bernard, Ed. – 1995
This publication is a compilation of papers presented at an April 1994 workshop sponsored by the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health and the Bureau-funded Johns Hopkins Child and Adolescent Health Policy Center (CAHPC). The papers are as follows: (1) "Defining the Issues and Planning for Change: Health Care Systems,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Health, Child Welfare
Berendes, Heinz W., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This proceedings document contains papers addressing trends, determinants, and interventions in preventing low birthweight. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Trends in Rates of Low Birthweight in the United States" (Mary McCormick); "Evolution of the Preterm Birth Rate in France" (Gerard Breart); "The Etiology…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Congenital Impairments, Etiology, Infants
Peck, Magda G., Ed. – 1994
This report contains selected presentations from the 1993 Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference. Following welcoming remarks by Carolyn Slack, two presentations discuss improving urban maternal and child health (MCH) linkages. "Pittsburgh's Alliance for Infants," by Virginia Bowman, describes a comprehensive in-home…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Health
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst. (DHHS/NIH), Bethesda, MD. – 1994
This report summarizes expert panel presentations and large and small group discussions focused on identifying educational opportunities as part of a public education effort to prevent obesity. Panel 1 reported on the epidemiology of obesity and cardiovascular disease, including obesity in both children and adults. Panel 2 reported on…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Child Health, Demography, Eating Habits
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor. School of Public Health. – 1975
This report documents the speeches and recommendations made at the conference on Health Promotion and Health Education in Early Childhood. An introduction, which discusses the purpose of the conference, is followed by a speech entitled, "Community and Professional Responsibility for Health Promotion in Early Childhood." This speech focuses on a…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Responsibility, Conference Reports, Dental Health
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
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1984
Ways to improve the training of undergraduate medical students in primary health care are identified, based on a seminar organized by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe and the Government of the United Kingdom. Primary health care is concerned with preventing and treating illness and promoting health, based on applying…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), College Role, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Kra, Eleanor, Ed. – 1986
The following papers are included: "Opening Remarks" (McTernan); "Conference Goals and Plans" (Douglas); "Challenge to Leadership" (Pearson); "Implications of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for the Practice of Respiratory Care" (Axton); "Health Promotion Strategies in Dietetic Practice"…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Cross Cultural Training, Disease Control
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