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Gorski, Peter A. – 1987
This paper briefly describes the Division of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, which is the child development and mental health clinical, research, and training center for the Department of Pediatrics at Evanston Hospital and Northwestern University Medical Center in Illinois. Responsibilities of the child psychiatrists within this division…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Cooperation, Health Services
Download full textLaurie, William F. – 1982
The 1981 White House Conference on Aging, particularly the 50 State Conferences on Aging, generated over 1,500 pages of data on aging, addressing over 3,000 issues. To summarize the information from the 16 Technical Committee reports, a conceptual framework was used which focused on the well being of older people in three dimensions - health,…
Descriptors: Crime, Delivery Systems, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Gerontology
Caro, Francis G.; Blank, Arthur E. – 1985
Home care has not consistently proven to prevent institutionalization, reduce mortality rates, reduce hospital use, or improve functional status and morale; and indeed, these objectives may be unreasonable. Rather, the purpose of home care should be to meet immediate needs of recipients which they can no longer meet themselves. Publicly-funded…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Home Programs
Lewis, Dorethea, Ed. – 1978
This Federal Council on Aging report contains recommendations for a national policy regarding services for the frail elderly and describes the principles on which the recommendations are based. Recommended core services are discussed and characteristics and statistics relating to the frail elderly are identified. The report describes existing…
Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems, Federal Programs, Geriatrics
Johnson, Paul W. – 1981
This paper reports on the findings of an evaluation of a health and social services comprehensive care model project for the elderly residing in low-income urban public housing. The text contains a brief discussion of the previous research, the results of the present study, and comments on the applicability of previous research to the sample…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Health Services, Marital Status, Mental Health
Hiew, Chok C. – 1988
Primary prevention refers to activities directed to high-risk groups, within a community not yet labeled as psychiatrically ill. These activities have the purpose of preventing the onset of emotional disturbance and enhancing the level of mental health. In general, whatever contributes to human stress in a community so that the individual or group…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Health Education
Duncan, David F. – 1982
Twelve priority areas for health education in the 1980s are identified, based on the magnitude and seriousness of the problems addressed; the solidity of the research base; and the likelihood that health education may facilitate improvement in the area. The twelve areas are: (1) cigarette smoking; (2) aging and the aged; (3) mental health; (4)…
Descriptors: Accidents, Birth, Educational Needs, Health Education
