This paper explores the relationship between sociology and forestry. It discusses the current state of pooled sociology/forestry knowledge and concludes that little has been published addressing issues of mutual benefit to the two disciplines. Research needs of potential mutual interest to the two disciplines are also discussed. The paper…

A year after the accident at Three Mile Island (TMI), the signals transmitted to the public are still confused. Industry says that nuclear power is safe and that the aftermath of TMI ushers in a new era of safety. Antinuclear activists say TMI sounded nuclear power's death knell. (Author/RE)

The past five years of a UNESCO-UNEP program in international environmental education are described in a year-by-year account. The program is to facilitate coordination, joint planning, and preplanning of activities essential to the development of an international program. (RE)

Since 1973, families headed by someone younger than 30 years of age have experienced a collapse in the value of their incomes, a surge in poverty, and an erosion of employer-provided health benefits. This report details the deep economic losses among young families with children and warns of consequences from these losses for young and old…

The thesis of this article is that evaluation research on the effects of population education to date has been stalled by confusion manifested in the population education literature. This confusion is evident in two areas: (1) what population education is and (2) what it is supposed to do. (RE)

Suggests that since the population of older persons is growing, psychologists must be trained to serve as consultants for the development of health and social services, social security plans, housing, and other programs. (Author/AOS)

The technological advent of digitizing, storage, retrieval, and distribution of information, linguistic or graphic, to individual homes on command, will have enormous impact on how citizens use information. Numerous technological enterprises in information dissemination are discussed. (Author/RE)

Discusses family changes related to shifts in the composition of the labor force that have led to a concern about family benefits in the workplace and the reasons for benefits' absence. Discusses the varying judgments of the authors of articles in this special issue on efficacy of existing workplace family policies. (Author/ABL)

Contends American businesses have made modest headway in instituting family-responsive practices and that it is illusory to expect that market solutions will deliver good or equitable family policy in foreseeable future. Predicts uneven realization of the responsive workplace. (Author/ABL)

The introduction to this Technical Committee Report reviews the health status of the older population and examines major disease entities where health maintenance and promotion can play a role. Part One, "Health Maintenance and Health Promotion Services," discusses the physical and social environments, indicators of change in physical…

Reports on the impact on malnutrition of Mexico's Sistema de Alementacion Mexicana (SAM) program, which tried to make the country self-sufficient in basic foods. Concludes that the food problem in Mexico is not so much one of production as it is a problem of distribution and consumption. (PS)

Suggests that immigration entails redefinition of sex roles and kin obligations in immigrant families; reveals a trend toward increasingly differentiated nuclear families among immigrants; and identifies pressures that may make immigrant families more susceptible to instability than American families, and countervailing forces that may contribute…

Described is the community-wide approach to a unified energy conservation plan for Davis, California. The plan has involved solar technology and use of bicycles as a major mode of transportation. Policy implementation in the form of energy conservation ordinances is reviewed. (RE)

The new presidential administration faces an array of urgent challenges. Complex public policy choices are necessary to address the near-term challenges of climate change and resource degradation which will help the United States deal with the chronic problems of global inequity and human deprivation. Outlines the environmental problems…

The American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force on Violence and the Family was convened to bring psychological research and clinical experience to bear on the problem of family violence and to make recommendations for solutions. This report of the Task Force highlights the need for a systematic, multi-faceted, multidisciplinary, and…