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Journal of Dental Education, 1986
The American Association of Dental Schools' policy statements on education (preprofessional, predoctoral, advanced, continuing, and auxiliary), government relations regarding education, research, delivery of care, and public health concerns as amended in March 1986 are presented. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Dental Schools, Educational Policy, Government School Relationship
Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, 2002
The Kentucky Early Childhood Transition Project (KECTP) was funded in 1992 by the Kentucky Department of Education and later expanded with support from the Kentucky Early Intervention System, to provide training and technical assistance to local communities in the state of Kentucky on effective transitions. KECTP was an outgrowth of Project STEPS,…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Community, Training, Technical Assistance
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Kunitz, Judith Ed.; Lucich, Mardi, Ed.; Walsh, Eileen, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2004
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Young Children
Indian Health Service (PHS/HSA), Rockville, MD. – 1996
The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives living on or near federal reservations (about 60 percent of the Native population). This publication is composed primarily of data tables and graphs that describe…
Descriptors: Accidents, Age Groups, Alaska Natives, Birth Rate
McKinney, Martha M. – 2001
The Northeast Conference on Rural HIV Service Delivery was attended by 51 health and social service professionals, people with HIV, and federal and state health officials with expertise or interest in developing HIV care capacity in rural areas. Low population density, low prevalence of HIV/AIDS, rugged topography and climate, and limited health…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Community Health Services, Delivery Systems
McClure, Judy; Clark, Neil – 1999
This curriculum guide is divided into five lessons, each containing several activities that reflect the natural path of inquiry that third or fourth grade students might take in considering the water that arrives in their bathroom sinks each morning. Starting from the familiar faucet, the students are encouraged to reflect on their own habits and…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Drinking Water, Ecology, Elementary Education

Schneider, Elsa; McNeely, Simon A. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
"The school, as one of the significant agencies of the community, accepts its responsibilities for contributing to individual to individual, family, and community health. ...Classroom teachers in their daily contacts with boys and girls are the key persons in the school health program." These two sentences point up the theme of this bulletin. Four…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Programs, Public Health, Elementary Education

Stokinger, Mary; Wallinder, Janet – Nursing Outlook, 1979
Based on their master's studies in community health nursing, two nurses describe their participation in developing a plan for a local health services agency (HSA). They emphasize the need for nursing input in HSA planning and the contribution that this input can make particularly to school health care. (MF)
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs, Federal Legislation

Camayd-Freixas, Yohel; Uriarte, Miren – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1980
Reviews the status and organization of the Cuban mental health system. Focuses on the deliberate and systematic interdependence of mental health, public health, and socio-political structures; inpatient treatment modes and rehabilitation programs; use of social networks to support discharged patients; community-based care; and primary to tertiary…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Health Services, Community Involvement
Lukaszewski, Thomas E. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1997
Describes four major tax acts which significantly impact businesses and individual taxpayers. Includes important issues affecting businesses, such as changes in minimum wage, depreciable personal property, pensions, and tax credits. Also describes important issues affecting individuals, including changes in spousal IRAs, adoption expense credits,…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Early Childhood Education, Economic Impact, Educational Legislation

Bartholomew, Robert E.; Sirois, Francois – Educational Studies, 1996
Examines the characteristic features of epidemic hysteria reports in school settings. Discovers three distinct symptom patterns: (1) mass motor hysteria (psychomotor alterations due to preexisting stress); (2) mass anxiety hysteria (extreme anxiety following the redefinition of a mundane event); and (3) mass pseudo-hysteria (relabeling of mundane…
Descriptors: Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Epidemiology

Arbona, Sonia I.; Hunter, John M. – Journal of Geography, 1995
Presents the results of a field study done on 7 wells providing 37% of the total aquifer production for 4 municipalities in Puerto Rico. Each sampled well showed signs of contamination by heavy metals, nitrate, and semivolatile organic compounds. Although found in low concentrations, current development threatens groundwater quality. (MJP)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Drinking Water, Ecological Factors, Ecology
Phillipp, JoAnn; Dusenbury, Linda J. – Parks and Recreation, 1994
The Colorado Department of Health formed the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention Coalition to address Colorado's problem with CVD. The article describes the work of the Coalition's Physical Activity Subcommittee, the Subcommittee's Exer-Deck tool to promote increased physical activity, and the training of professionals to work collaboratively…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cardiovascular System, Community Cooperation

Allen, Loyd V., Jr.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1993
A discussion of sterile products in pharmacy looks at recent concerns in the health care community, action by professional associations, recommendations and guidelines for professional training of pharmacists and technicians, current and proposed curricula for undergraduate, graduate, continuing, industrial, and cooperative programs and…
Descriptors: Certification, Continuing Education, Disease Control, Education

Wolfgang, Alan P.; Plake, Kimberly S. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1994
A Purdue University (Indiana) pharmacy course on issues facing health care providers, consumers, and payers incorporated discussion of articles from health care journals, writing assignments, and small group exercises. Course assessment by pretest/posttest, students' brief essays, and formal course evaluation pointed to the course's positive…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Elective Courses