The main goal of Child Development Practicum (CDP) courses taught at many colleges and universities is to permit students the opportunity to acquire skills, knowledge, and information in dealing with preschool children. Concerns related to these . . .

Flowers and herbs have had a recent come back as ingredients for foods and medicines. Little has been known until very recently about the nutrient composition and the active chemical components of these foods. Yet the vast folklore surrounding the use . . .

In the shaping of teen-age lives, it seems important to concentrate on the methods being used to prepare teen-agers for family living. Perhaps the most effective way of guiding teen-agers for their future roles of adults is through the education t . . .

Despite the general affluence and cultural advancement of the American people, malnutrition remains a serious problem. Its negative consequences are far-reaching. Some of the more important of these are poor physical health and poor mental health . . .

Coronary heart disease is the major public health problem in the United States and in many other countries. In 1970 some 666,000 Americans, of whom about 171,000 were under the age of sixty-five, died of coronary heart disease and many more were d . . .

The purpose of this study is to identify the ten most frequent complaints of consumers in Central California. Legislators can initiate legislation to alleviate problems which have been identified. Businessmen can correct unfair practices which hav . . .

Today, for North America as a whole, modern Indian life differs greatly from the American Indian culture as it existed at the time of the first European contact and shortly after. Some tribes have disappeared while others have lost almost all of th . . .

Numerous agencies and groups have recently been addressing themselves to the problems of the aged in our society. The White House Conference on Aging in 1971 was held to attempt to determine the areas for concern and to determine solutions to the . . .

The purpose of this study is twofold: (l) to investi- gate the attitudes of selected students concerning career education in general and (2) to gain insight in how these students view the home economics field in relation to career education.In rev . . .

In the decade 1962-1972 , more than twenty major pieces of federal consumer legislation were passed. Among the many subjects covered were: protection of children against hazards, toy safety, restricted sale of potent drugs, cigarette labeling and . . .