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Medical And Health: The U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) created considerable interest among professionals in the fields of medicine and public health by supporting medical and health service programs designed to give aid to concentrated groups of poor people. These programs ranged in scope from medical and health examinations for preschool children in Operation Head Start to complete outpatient clinics that provided broad medical and health services in ghetto areas. The most exciting development in these medical and health service programs was the use of residents of ghetto areas as "indigenous health aides."
Leon Bernard Foundation Medal and Prize. Established in 1937 in honor of Leon Bernard, French pioneer in public health, the prize in 1968 was awarded by the World Health Organization to Josef Charvat of Czechoslovakia in recognition of outstanding services in social medicine and valuable contributions to international health. Charvat is head of the Third medical and health Clinic of Charles University, Prague, and a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. His published work includes papers on insulin, nutrition, thyroid deficiencies, and asthma. One of the first to recognize the importance of cybernetics and mathematical methods in medical and health research, he introduced their use in public health practices.
SPITAL, an institution providing medical and health care other services for sick or injured persons. ny hospitals are also important educational itutions, providing training for medical and health stu-ts, doctors, nurses, and other health service •kers. Some hospitals also conduct medical and health larch. |
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