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Ellis-Bosold, Carey; Thornton-Orr, Denise – College Student Journal, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify the unique health related needs of the Chinese international student (N = 91) and identify barriers to utilization of the available health care services on the university campus. The setting was a university campus in Arkansas which had an overall enrollment of 8864 students on the main campus during the…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Student Needs, Foreign Students, Barriers
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Shen, Ce; Smyer, Michael A.; Mahoney, Kevin J.; Loughlin, Dawn M.; Simon-Rusinowitz, Lori; Mahoney, Ellen K. – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: Previous research from the Cash and Counseling Demonstration and Evaluation (CCDE) in Arkansas, New Jersey, and Florida suggests that giving consumers control over their personal care greatly increases their satisfaction and improves their outlook on life. Still, some argue that consumer-directed care may not be appropriate for consumers…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Counseling Services, Health Needs, Mental Disorders
Omohundro, Julie; And Others – 1983
A study assessed the needs of disabled persons living in four rural counties in Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma. Using a combination of forced-choice and in-depth probe questions, researchers surveyed a sample of 456 disabled Americans to identify the problems that these people were facing in their day-to-day living, the consequences of their…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Coping, Disabilities, Educational Needs
Arkansas State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Little Rock. – 1974
In November 1971, the Arkansas State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights conducted a two-day open meeting in West Memphis, Arkansas, to examine the problems of black people living in the Delta region of Arkansas. More than 40 people were invited to express their views concerning the problems of black people living in…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Civil Rights, Federal Programs
Breen, Paula – 1981
This is a statistical survey of children in the South, designed for the use of public policy makers, child advocates, and human service specialists. Section one presents a general demographic overview that includes birth rates, migration and growth trends, and racial distribution. The second section provides statistics on living arrangements,…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Child Welfare, Children, Cohort Analysis
Campbell, Rex R.; And Others – 1980
Five types of counties (College-Professional, Urban, Recreational-Retirement, Extractive, and Most Rural) were identified among 83 counties in the Ozark-Ouchita Uplands in order to determine educational and health impacts resulting from the "population turnaround" of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Variables were computed from…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Change, Community Health Services, Community Resources