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Maternal Compliance In Immunization Of Pre-Schoolers As Related To Health Locus Of Control, Health Value, And Perceived Vulnerability, Estelle Helene Rosenblum

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The major purpose of this study was to assess health attitudes and behavior of mothers as related to providing immunizations for their pre-school children. The areas investigated were health locus of control, perceived vulnerability to six communicable diseases, health as a value, and the demographic variables of education, age, ethnicity, religion, income, and ability to recall poliomyelitis.

This was a descriptive correlational study in which 95 mothers of children enrolled in Head Start Centers, Office of Economic Opportunity, Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as subjects. They were randomly selected from six centers serving multicultural neighborhoods in both urban and suburban areas. …

Evaluation Of Recreational Services And Programs In State Administered Residential Health Care Institutions In New Mexico, Robert Wiliam Michaels

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The Problem

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the recreational services and programs at State Administered Residential Health Care Institutions in New Mexico, and to make recommendations regarding the improvement of those recreational services or programs that were identified as being deficient.

Procedures

The evaluative instrument, Recommended Standards with Evaluative Criteria for Recreation Services in Residential Institutions, developed by Dr. Doris Berryman (1971) was the instrument utilized to evaluate the State Institutions. Three member rating panels were established for each of the eight institutions examined. Data were collected, analyzed, and reported according to the instructions accompanying the evaluative …