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PubMed1979

[Anti-smoking activities in Switzerland and their evaluation].

Activities against smoking in Switzerland are planned and evaluated by the "Swiss Interagency Council on Smoking and Health". With special regard to the particular local situation it tries to coordinate the programs of its members (private organization as well as state authorities) in accordance with a multi-step plan (information about the effects of smoking, publicity, motivation for change of behavior, support of smoking-withdrawal programs, influencing legislation). Evaluation of anti-smoking programs so far has only been fragmentary, showing some circumstantial evidence for a trend towards non-smoking. It is planned to evaluate the impact of future programs by periodical surveys of representative samples of the adult population, monitoring knowledge of the hazards of smoking, attitudes towards smoking, motivation for change of behavior as well as the actual smoking habits.

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PubMed1977

A description of the Kurzweil reading machine and a status report on its testing and dissemination.

This paper presents a technical overview of the different subsystems of the Kurzweil Reading Machine--the nature of the information processed by each subsystem and the type of transformations performed. A description of how the user directs the machine is provided. The Veterans Administration's testing program, as well as those of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, and the National Federation of the Blind, are outlined. Preliminary tests of the machine with blind secondary school students have focused on the intelligibility of the synthetic speech output, and the results of these tests are presented.

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PubMed1975

General practitioners and social help for the handicapped.

A study was undertaken by the Greater London Association for the Disabled in consultation with the Royal College of General Practitioners, to explore the depth of knowledge of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act and statutory and voluntary social provision, of 22 general practitioners in 16 practices served by one area social services office in a London borough.The doctors were mainly middle-aged, of British or Irish birth and training and had no language barrier. The majority lived in or near their practices. Half the practices were groups or partnerships, half were singlehanded. Only in three groups was there any attached district nursing staff and in only one was there an attached health visitor. More than half the general practitioners had reception staff only during surgery hours. Four practices had no reception staff during National Health Service surgery hours, two of which had no reception staff at all. In no practice was there any privately employed nursing staff. All the practices had private patients.Nine of the 22 doctors in the study had never heard of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act, and a further five had not mentioned the Act to their patients. Fifty per cent had no knowledge of the extent of functional disability in their practice. More than half the doctors knew no more of the social services than that home helps and meals-on-wheels were available, while six doctors knew of no provision at all. Knowledge and use of the voluntary services was almost non-existent. No meetings with team members were held, other than in the group practices with attached staff, and the team members were largely unknown to most of the doctors.Attempts were made through various channels to extend the knowledge of the general practitioners of the services provided by both statutory and voluntary agencies, and to introduce them and their receptionists to their team, but little use was made of the opportunity.

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Profile: the voluntary council for handicapped children.

The Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children is an independently elected Council, established under the aegis of the National Children's Bureau in 1975. The Council arose from a recommendation in the Eileen Younghusband Working Party's report, Living with Handicap, in 1970. This major report draws attention to the gaps, overlaps and general lack of co-ordination and information about services for handicapped children. It recommended the creation of a genuinely multidisciplinary council to provide a forum for joint discussion and action, to offer a comprehensive advisory and information service covering all aspects of childhood disability. The Voluntary Council for Handicapped Children is unique in providing a comprehensive service for all categories of handicap, and for statutory and voluntary agencies. Parents and professionals can use the Council as a resource centre on an individual basis, although casework cannot be provided. The role of the Council is essentially that of a signpost to existing resources. It is, in effect, an advisory body collecting, evaluating and disseminating information, promoting study and discussion by organizations and individuals and seeking to identify gaps in present services.

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PubMed1979

A pioneering full-service agency for older Americans.

As the over-60 population in America becomes a sizable majority with recognizable needs, ways are sought to serve those men and women who do not need to be institutionalized but who do need some kind of help in order to live independently. The Cardinal Ritter Institute in St. Louis offers "creative care for the older person," putting special emphasis on home health care and health maintenance.

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PubMed1977

Reorganizations of health agencies by local government in American urban centers: what do they portend for "public health"?

The major health agencies of local urban governments--public health department and public hospital--are often dismissed as "irrelevant" or attacked as "unresponsive". The rush to reform through reorganization hasn't often addressed the underlying problems of an eroded tax base, an indifferent federal policy, and intra-professional disputes. Newer corrective steps are called for if complex demands for public and personal service are to be met.

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