The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of a management by objectives training program for managers and their subordinates in a health care setting. This paper described the present management by objectives performance evaluation . . .

This exploratory study focused on four small non-profit, grassroots health/social service agencies and their staffs, in terms of specific organizational variables and burn-out. The three organizational variables in this study were: decision-making, de . . .

The purpose of this Project was to develop and test a manual that helps staff members of free clinics train volunteer Intake Workers and Family Planning Educators. Volunteer commitment at free clinics has been declining due to the inadequate amount of . . .

The Ventura County Public Health, Oral Health Program (VCOHP), located in Oxnard, CA, was established in 2018. The program's goal was to eliminate oral disease and improve oral health in the county by working with community partners to monitor oral he . . .

An apparently healthy infant is put to sleep and found several hours later dying or dead, suddenly and unexpectedly. Such deaths, recognized as sudden infant deaths, are the consequence of a disease which is taking on increasing importance as a cause . . .

Mere possession of health knowledge does not always affect health behavior but can serve as a basis for intelligent action directed towards the improvement and/or maintenance of total health. In this study, the health knowledge of foreign students-was . . .

This literature study attempts to re-examine the methods and techniques of education as applied to nutrition education. It is designed for use by nutritionists and educators in the Philippines concerned in the propagation of nutrition education. In th . . .

Health education delivery systems in major metropolitan areas have become very complex. As health agencies, both voluntary and public, expand and the number of health educators on staff grows, there evolves a need for systematic development of a manag . . .

The determination of human functional arm reach for purposes of designing work stations to accommodate specific user populations is a continuing problem. Functional reach is influenced by anthropometric factors, workspace geometry, and task requiremen . . .

Peer Health Exchange (PHE) is a non-profit that implements a 14-week comprehensive health curriculum to high school students taught by college volunteer heath educators. The program planning model that best fits PHE is the Intervention Mapping model. . . .

Senile dementia is one of the most disabling diseases of the aged population. Its cause is unknown and as yet there is no cure. Preventive medicine has been practiced for centuries. However prevention of senile dementia is a relatively new concept. Th . . .

Review of appointment re cords at the family planning clinic of the West Health. Center, Los Angeles County Health Department, showed that 47% of the appointments were not kept. To deal with this high rate of broken appointments, overbooking of patien . . .

The Mann-Whitney U test, a nonparametric alternative to the t test for independent groups, assumes independently drawn random samples. This study investigated the effects on the Mann-Whitney U test when non independently drawn random samples were used . . .

The Pediatrics After-Hours and Urgent-Care Clinics at Kaiser-Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center provides to the members urgent medical services after regular office hours. Parents routinely seek health care for their child in the clinic for non-urg . . .

Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato plant) was grown in polyethylene exposure units and observed from seed to harvest. All environmental parameters within each treatment varied in a measured manner with respect to ambient variations, while at the same tim . . .

The purposes of the study were to: (1) determine whether Philippine public schools administrators agree that Family Life/Sex Education has a place in the public schools; (2) determine whether they visualize their communities as ready for Family Life/S . . .

Accomplishments in preventive medicine are limited by the incomplete knowledge of specific preventive measures, expense of application, time factors, and patient’s reactions. Thus complete success will not invariably follow. One therefore works for th . . .

Accomplishments in preventive medicine are limited by the incomplete knowledge of specific preventive measures, expense of application, time factors, and patient’s reactions. Thus complete success will not invariably follow. One therefore works for th . . .

This thesis discussed the development of a training program for volunteers in a free clinic. The purpose of the training was to prepare volunteers to expand their traditional roles in order to provide a comprehensive health education program for free . . .

Information about safe-sex behavior can inform individuals’ choices about healthy sexual behavior. While research demonstrates the role of the correctness of information provided to individuals, the role of the source of the information is largely unk . . .

A review of relevant literature revealed that few studies had been carried on at the college level to measure the health knowledge of students with different academic majors. No studies had been attempted to compare the health knowledge of students ma . . .

The assumption that health is the product of medical care services is too narrow and exclusive. Many environmental stimuli are threatening to health only because of their symbolic meaning for the individual. A new orientation for medicine is needed, f . . .

Background: Obesity is prevalent in approximately 40% of individuals in the United States. Understanding the determinants of obesity in younger populations helps curb the risk of obesity-associated diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes. Psychosocial stres . . .

The purposes of this study were to: (1) determine the occurrence of hitchhiking among a selected college population: and (2) identify selected health and social problems hitchhikers might encounter. A questionnaire survey was the instrument utilized t . . .

The study was conducted to determine whether there were significant differences in attitudes about syphilis and gonorrhea between: (1) A sample of students in tenth grade health classes from two different high schools; one school located in a low soci . . .

Childhood obesity has been increasing over the years in the United States and Latinx adolescents between the ages of 12-19 have some of the highest prevalence rates of obesity with 25.8% almost double that than non-Hispanic White children, 14.1%. Fact . . .

Theoretically, the acute care hospital is an appropriate setting to provide primary as well as secondary and tertiary health care. Many hospitals provide education to patients when it is related to the patient’s reason for admission. However, few hosp . . .

Discussed in this paper is the planning, organization, implementation and evaluation of a health education inservice program for health educators in Kern County entitled "Strategies for Health Instruction in California Public Schools." (See more in te . . .

Stress is a multi-dimensional phenomenon and an integral part of our lives. Most employees from the cleaning crew to the president of the company experience stress. The problem is not the stress itself, but how it is managed. Managed stress is the “sp . . .

The purpose of this project was to develop a health education training guide for the national development service program in Nepal that would be used to assist health instructors in better providing health education training to Master-level students p . . .

An occupational health education course was developed, its feasibility explored and a pilot program was implemented and evaluated in a union local. A total of twenty persons participated in a series of ten sessions taught by an internist specializing . . .

The purpose of this study was to develop a measuring instrument with which to evaluate nursing care plans sent by hospitals following participation of their representatives at the nursing care plan workshop. An instrument which gives a weighted score . . .

Injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for children between the ages of birth and 15 years of age. A review of current literature dealing with this subject points out that 80-90% of these children would still be a . . .

This project takes place at Burbank Community Hospital. Here a feasibility study was made regarding the probability of implimenting a preadmit/precredit system in the Admitting Department. In order to justify the importance of preadmitting, a survey w . . .

White attention has focused upon the etiology and treatment of mentally ill patients, and upon the integration of such persons into society, little consideration has been given to the intellectual preparation of mental patients to assume independence . . .

The Center for Healthier Communities (CHC) at Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center (NHMC) has a School Wellness Initiative aimed at reducing childhood obesity. Childhood obesity was identified as a major health priority in the hospital's . . .

The purpose of this paper is to study centralization and decentralization of the delivery of medical care in the state of California since 1960. This research focuses on the delivery of medical care by the public agencies Medi-Cal and Medicare. This p . . .

The use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) by youth is an urgent public health issue, described as an epidemic by the U.S. Surgeon General, which requires immediate and focused prevention strategies. Current data shows the prevalence of EN . . .

The central aim of this project was to demonstrate the general applicability of industrial work study methods to a clinical laboratory work setting. Also, this project considered the question of choice of output measures and their use in assessing lab . . .

The health or the school-age child traditionally was believed to be associated with his ability to perform school related activities. This relationship was investigated in a sample of Mexican-American students attending Juanita Elementary School Oxnar . . .

Research has indicated that Japanese living in the United States exhibit a high prevalence (over 12%) of Type II diabetes, also known as non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). Japanese living 1n Japan, however, have an average rate of approx . . .

The primary purpose of this project was to identify and develop a breastfeeding model that could be implemented for educating mothers during their postpartum hospitalization. The goal of this project was achieved through specific methodological steps. . . .

This project is designed to: 1) increase physician awareness of communication patterns between doctor and patient; and 2) to integrate communication teaching into the Family Practice Residency Program at Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC). Curricula . . .

In view of the realized needs for preparing trainers in health fields as perceived by the Department of Health, His Majesty’s Government of Nepal, this Curriculum Design for the Trainers in Health Fields in Napal has been developed. Since there is not . . .

The purpose or this study was to develop administrative procedures through which a hospital administrator could become involved in patient health education. Specifically, this direct involvement would entail his active participation in initiating, org . . .

Health quackery has had a long-history. The mountebank is that health practitioner who uses discredited or disproved methods, techniques, or theories in the diagnosis and/or treatment of an illness or disease, and where the treatment is given in bad f . . .

Since the early 1970's mental health services have been changing in the State of California. The primary change has been a shift from institutional care to community based residential care for adults with a mental disorder. As a result, there has been . . .

The purpose of this project was to determine the feasibility of tying flexible budgets to productivity standards. The setting of this study was the radiology department of Northridge Hospital Medical Center. A microcomputer model was developed for thi . . .

The study was conducted to assess psychiatric nurses' attitudes toward health education for chronic psychiatric patients with respect to planning and implementation of health education programs; and to compare the attitudes of nurses who work in two d . . .