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Clark, Noreen M. – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1980
The importance of adult education to improving health conditions is that it can assist people to learn how to make judgments, how to take the best health action, and how to develop a consciousness about their health priorities and practices. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Role, Developing Nations, Family Role
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Comfort, Alexander – Social Policy, 1976
Notes that most American institutions are unwittingly geared to age prejudice as in past times they were geared to race prejudice and sex prejudice. In determining needs and abilities, age is quite as irrelevant as is race. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Age, Age Groups, Bias, Economic Climate
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Willard, William – WICAZO SA Review, 1989
Discusses the one-year tenure of Carlos Montezuma--first American Indian physician--at Fort Stevenson Federal Indian Boarding School following his graduation from medical school in 1889. Describes the school's unhealthy conditions, the forced enrollment of Indian children, and the political patronage system for recruiting BIA employees. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indians, Biographies
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Kosciulek, John F. – Family Journal, 1995
Coping with the impact of a family member's head injury is one of the most difficult tasks that can confront a family. An overview of head injury etiology, sequelae, and impact on families is presented. Provides guidelines for counseling families of persons with head injuries and suggestions for research. (Author/JBJ)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Epidemiology, Family Caregivers, Family Counseling
Black, Susan – American School Board Journal, 2001
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that more than 1 million children ages 5 and under are afflicted with unsafe amounts of lead. Schools can be a source of lead poisoning. Other sources include playgrounds near freeways, playground equipment, contaminated soil, and technology rooms with lead-bearing supplies. Sidebars…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Health Conditions, Health Materials
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Arcury, Thomas A.; Preisser, John S.; Gesler, Wilbert M.; Powers, James M. – Journal of Rural Health, 2005
Access to transportation to transverse the large distances between residences and health services in rural settings is a necessity. However, little research has examined directly access to transportation in analyses of rural health care utilization. This analysis addresses the association of transportation and health care utilization in a rural…
Descriptors: Transportation, Health Services, Rural Areas, Multivariate Analysis
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Gladstone, James W.; Dupuis, Sherry L.; Wexler, Evelyn – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine changes in family involvement following a relative's move to a long-term care facility as well as factors associated with these changes. Qualitative data, using in-depth, active interviews were gathered from 35 family members at two points in time following a relative's move to a facility. Findings showed…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Health Services, Interviews, Family (Sociological Unit)
Waldman, H. Barry; Perlman, Steven P. – Exceptional Parent, 2006
Parents and grandparents, just like everyone else, are ready to extol (maybe even exaggerate) the attributes and accomplishments of their offspring. The need to respond to accomplishments is essential for the sake of the special child and his/her parents. In their zeal to reassure and encourage one's own special child, it is easy to deny the…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health Insurance, National Surveys, Access to Health Care
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Agans, Robert P.; Deeb-Sossa, Natalia; Kalsbeek, William – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2006
The aim of this article is to identify the measurement challenges involved in obtaining sensitive health outcomes from Mexican women in both settled and unsettled segments of the United States population and to suggest how cognitive assessment techniques might be better employed to construct culturally and linguistically appropriate survey…
Descriptors: Mexicans, Females, Immigrants, Surveys
Doyle, Eva; Rager, Robin; Bates, Denise; Cooper, Cheryl – American Journal of Health Education, 2006
Principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) were applied among migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFWs) in a seven-county region of east Texas. The study purpose was to establish community-based partnerships for CBPR and conduct a preliminary qualitative assessment of perceived health needs and capacities. Key informant interviews…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Participatory Research, Health Conditions
Bajracharya, Srijana M.; Bentley, Mary K. – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived health status, health behaviors, family values and relationships of a select group of Nepalese in the US. Nepalese are a small minority group most often categorized in the U.S. under the Asian and Pacific Islanders cluster. A modified BRFSS (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) survey…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Smoking, Pacific Islanders, Health Conditions
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Kilgallon, Pam; Maloney, Carmel; Lock, Graeme – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
This paper describes an investigation of Australian early childhood teachers' sustainment in their profession, focussing on those factors which enhance professional commitment, job satisfaction and occupational motivation. Utilizing qualitative methodology this study also identified key factors early childhood teachers consider crucial to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Investigations
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Duel, Ward – Journal of Environmental Health, 1975
In this article the means of disposing solid wastes are discussed with reference to their health hazards and environmental desirability. Included in the discussion are solid waste dumps, landfills, incinerators, and grinders. Some attention is given to the reclamation of mineral resources from trash. (MA)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Disease Control, Environmental Education, Health Conditions
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Winneberger, John T. – Journal of Environmental Health, 1975
Descriptors: Disease Control, Environmental Education, Evaluation, Health Conditions
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Reis, Alexander J. – Monthly Labor Review, 1975
The first three years of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have been developmental years. Significant advances have been made toward on objective--assuring safe and healthful workplaces for all Americans. (Author/MW)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Conference Reports, Health Conditions, Labor Conditions
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