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Peer reviewedBirenbaum, Arnold – Mental Retardation, 1995
This article identifies possible adverse effects of managed health care delivery systems on adults with mental retardation. It is noted that few primary care providers, the "gatekeepers" of such systems, have special training in examining and treating adults with mental retardation and that disincentives exist in such programs for…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Health Maintenance Organizations, Health Services
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1985
This report explains what will be necessary to achieve health for all people in the world by the year 2000 through primary health care. The booklet is organized in six chapters. The first chapter introduces the premise and describes current socioeconomic development and prospects for the future, along with current problems of health personnel…
Descriptors: Adults, Allied Health Occupations, Developing Nations, Disease Control
Peer reviewedBrown, Karin A. Elliott; Jemmott, Frances E.; Mitchell, Holly J.; Walton, Mary L. – Health & Social Work, 1998
A community-based, drop-in, self-help wellness center representing an empowerment approach to developing culturally appropriate health promotion for black women is described. The program, affiliated services, and jointly sponsored programs are reviewed. Relationships with supporting organizations, strengths and pitfalls of the model, and program…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Blacks
