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Bodine, George E. – 1980
This paper presents the hospice as an alternative method of caring for the dying, with emphasis on bereavement follow-up care of the family. Components of this approach are described in terms of: (1) the delivery of care through a physician-directed team supported by nurses, social workers, pastors, volunteers, and consultants; (2) the maintenance…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Death, Family Health, Family Problems
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1983
Addresses and team reports from an inter-regional seminar which examined aspects of primary health care in China are presented. Background information about the seminar is given along with an introduction to rural health services in China. The report considers four key issues: China's three-level health care network; involvement of the people;…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Family Health, Foreign Countries
Portnoy, Enid J. – 1986
Many health and development programs have been initiated for the rural poor in the world, but few have achieved as strong an association with the cultural values of the people as has Dr. Carroll Behrhorst's work in Guatemala. The two major communication thrusts of his health programs are education of the native population, emphasizing…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Family Health, Foreign Countries, Health Education
Peer reviewedTuma, June M. – American Psychologist, 1989
Reviews the current state of mental health services to children, youth, and families. The development of a continuum of care coordinated across the mental and non-mental health systems that naturally occur in all children's lives may vastly improve mental health services to children, youth, and families. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Development, Child Psychology, Children
Download full textChandler, William U. – 1985
This report emphasizes the need for action in improving human nutrition, health and the status of women in Third World countries. Special attention is directed to improvement in child health care practices. The report advocates a strategy that meshes short term needs of desperate families with long term requirements of ecological stability and…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Developing Nations, Disease Control, Family Health
Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, New York, NY. – 2001
This series of four fact sheets addresses the health and human service needs of Asian American children living in New York City. The first fact sheet, "Snapshots of New York City: An Overview of Asian American Families," discusses the diversity of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population in New York, examining AAPI…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asian Americans, Child Abuse, Child Health
Peer reviewedOsuhor, P. C.; Osuhor, Ann – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1978
Describes health problems in Nigeria and the kinds of health education programs and methods that are needed to promote proper health practices in view of the high illiteracy rate, various perception levels, and the strong and often harmful traditional cultural influences in the community. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, African Culture, Community Influence, Cultural Background
Arkansas State Office of the Governor, Little Rock. – 1988
This document presents the legislative program advocated by the Governor of Arkansas that was scheduled to be sent to the Arkansas Legislature in January 1989. The program expresses the needs of the state in terms of its ability to compete with the rest of the country in education, jobs, economic development, and prosperity, and it points out the…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Economic Development, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Navajo Health Authority, Window Rock, AZ. – 1975
Accomplishments of the Navajo Health Authority (NHA) since it began in 1972 are presented in synopsis form in a report of programs underway at Window Rock and Shiprock, along with NHA goals: to promote development of Navajo Health manpower, preventive medicine, health education, and native healing sciences. After a brief review of executive and…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Health Services, Cultural Background
Washington Research Project, Cambridge, MA. Children's Defense Fund. – 1977
This assessment of Medicaid's Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) program for children, based on a 2-year survey of national data and a study of EPSDT programs in five states (Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York and South Carolina), documents inadequate health resources for low-income children and their families. The…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth
Minnesota State Dept. of Economic Security, St. Paul. – 1995
This report to the Minnesota legislature examines children and their families who participated in the Head Start program during 1993-1994, and summarizes information on the following program areas: (1) Head Start program overview; (2) funding facts; (3) program year 1993-1994 activities; and (4) agency specific information. The Head Start program…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children
