Student evaluations of an online public health curriculum developed using the instructional models of Gagne and Laurillard indicated that students were generally satisfied with the experience. However, some dissatisfaction with the feedback and guidance they received supported Laurillard's model. Comments revealed an aspect of the learning…

Describes an Internet-based graduate training program at Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Discusses the steps involved in (1) training the faculty (to prepare faculty for the transition to electronic instruction the school implemented an asynchronous training programme delivered over the internet), and (2) applying…

The primary goal of this handbook is to provide basic information about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It incorporates information on different facets of the HIV pandemic drawn from various sources. Section one addresses facts about the transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and how the…

These hearings addressed cooperative efforts of the United States and the People's Republic of China under the 1979 agreement on science and technology. Thus far, there are more than 20 signed protocols (included in appendices) implementing the agreement in various scientific and technological areas. Activities in such areas as energy, health,…

A meeting involving the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education of Portugal, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the World Federation for Medical Education, the Association for Medical Education in Europe, and the Association of Medical Deans in Europe is reported. The meeting was attended by ministers and…

The opportunities in U.S. Schools of Public Health for exposing students likely to work in developing countries to maternal and child health (MCH) issues are examined. The educational inadequacies resulting from too much specialization call for the development of a course which uses a comparative approach to MCH problems and solution strategies…

Control of the AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) epidemic requires public education for risk behavior change. Social Learning Theory and behavior modification have been used for the reduction of risk behaviors for heart disease with moderate success. It remains to be seen if this behavior modification technology can be successful in…

Papers from a 1981 conference on curriculum for health planning, policy, and marketing and from a 1982 conference on curriculum for strategic planning are presented. Responses to the papers and summaries of the proceedings are also presented. Titles and authors are as follows: "A Curriculum in Community Health Planning: An Approach for Today…

This collaborative monograph by four authors is a comprehensive survey of the mass training of medical doctors in the USSR. (Author/ND)

This manual has been assembled to enable other Schools of Public Health to survey faculty and alumni to collect information useful in curriculum planning and development. A record system is included. In addition to the "Schedules" on which information concerning study units (i.e. individual faculty or alumni) is recorded, there are…

National Board of Medical Examiner's exam results show that U.S. medical students who participated between 1968 and 1974 in Yugoslav or Israeli international fellowship programs sponsored by the Association of American Medical Schools and the U.S. Public Health Service gained knowledge of preventive medicine and public health. (JT)

An advanced training program for graduate students in health education who wish to become school-community health coordinators is described. (JD)

Entering dental students' attitudes toward social and professional health care issues in six successive classes in one school were assessed on six scales. Results show significant differences on at least one scale each year, longer term differences on four scales, and a weak association between attitudes and student background and characteristics.…

This report is part of an annual national survey that examines salaries of full-time teaching faculty in 54 selected academic disciplines. Data for the study were collected from a total of 296 public and 390 private four-year institutions from the baseline year of 1996-97 to the trend year of 1999-2000. A data table lists average salaries for both…

Posits that students in public health nursing must be well grounded in nursing theory and practice before planning for group health care. Discusses curriculum planning and content, roles and functions of master's program graduates, faculty-agency relationships, and clinical research. (JOW)