Reviews a model by Joel Kleinman (proposed in this issue) for comparing State infant mortality rates to long-term trends. Asserts that even States with non-significant test results may have problems needing attention. Argues that the model may not be practically applied by State health officials. (KH)

Discusses the individual, public health, and public policy. The author advocates a healthy public policy which stresses holistic health maintenance, small-scale local solutions to health problems, and an ecological approach to worldwide health problems. (AM)

Described are the characteristics of a profession, the status of the sanitarian as a professional, and the basic criteria recognized as the mark of a profession. (BT)

This joint policy statement from the National Nutrition Consortium Board and the Society for Nutrition Education defines nutrition education, lists goals, and makes seven statements regarding nutrition education with recommendations for their implementation. (CS)

A student health doctor describes his experiences working in a clinic on an Indian reservation during summer vacation. (JD)

Examines how social conditions can become social problems and argues that there are objective ways of determining the scale of a particular problem. The paper supports its argument through examinations of prohibition, the decline in tobacco consumption, and the war on drugs. (GLR)

Discusses how entrepreneurs have helped reduce costs in health care and examines the major changes in the health care system that are simultaneously lowering costs and increasing quality. The author then explains how current reform proposals might affect these entrepreneurial innovations. (GLR)

The University of Ottawa's occupational therapy program offers a community practice course that teaches students to identify biological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual needs of communities; to be aware of community resources; and to prepare for roles as consultant, educator, planner, service provider, broker, and interdisciplinary…

Graduate nursing education can be made more responsive to health care needs in several ways: reflection on the roles of nurse practitioners and others, advocacy for vulnerable groups, expertise in community-based practice and research, understanding of the broader environmental context of health, and commitment to making a difference in public…

Introduces special journal issue focusing on health education and preventive matters, with papers examining human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) related knowledge, attitudes, and risk-taking behaviors in adolescents; problems adolescents show in changing their sexual behaviors; and difficulties experienced by adults in incorporating information…

Conveys the practical knowledge shown by public health nurses since the days of Lillian Wald in the 1890s. Public health nurses have had to work with high-risk families--work that often requires a common sense approach. (JOW)

Reviews Guy Steuart's career and major themes of his writing: the nature of health, program development process, and the role of the professional health educator. (SK)

Mereness describes her half-century career as an educator and pioneer in psychiatric and public health nursing. (SK)

Discusses the mounting evidence for the neurological damage of childhood lead poisoning. Argues that ignoring lead poisoning is more expensive than preventing it. Reviews a recent plan to eradicate lead poisoning and the sociological factors that may impede its implementation. (CJS)

Describes the emergence of parish nursing as a specialty practice within community health nursing. Parish nurse roles include health educator, health counselor, liaison to community resources, and clarifier of the relationship between faith and health. (JOW)