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1971-12-11 Correspondence to Leaders of the Workshop Page 2
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-2- VIII. AGENDA: 8:30 REGISTRATION: Big Ten Lounge. Coffee etc., available. 9:00 OPENING OF CONFERENCE: HARVARD ROOM. Pearl Zemlicka, College of Nursing, Presiding. Introduction of Group leaders. 9:15 Statement about Health Crisis in VD. Franklin Koontz, Ph.D., State Bact. Lab. 9:45 Statement about Social, Personal Value Factors in V.D. Health Crisis. David Belgum, Ph.D., School of Religion, College of Medicine. 10:15 Problem Identification: Pearl Zemlicka Assignment of Groups 10:55 GROUP SESSIONS: Please be in the appropriate place and ready to begin... Harvard, two groups, #1 Leader, Geraldine Bussee, #2 Leader, Marian Sheafor. Princeton Rm: group #3 Leader, Walt Chappell. Michigan St. Rm.: group #4, Leader, Mike Ward Northwestern Rm.: group #5, Leader Sue Krohmer; #6, Mary Blaise Fuszard. Richard Winter, M.D., roving resource leader 12:45 Harvard Room: CBS film short (10 minutes) on MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Matthew Walker Health Center (a Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center, Nashville, Tenn.) 1:00 GROUP SESSIONS RESUME: Focus on model construction, via exploration of role of values (priorities, "what-comes-first") in health care. 3:00 Harvard Room: General Sessions. Marion Sheafor, Presiding. Panel: Richard Winter, Roger Simpson Opportunities for: critiques, reports of model proposals, values inventory, analysis; recommendations and projections for the future. 4:30 Adjourn IX. EXPENSES: Total expenses were $308. X. SUMMARY OF IDEAS, ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS: These came from various sources (leaders, groups, individuals): A. Some Major issues: EDUCATIONAL: need to determine what information is needed -need to identify audiences for the information -need to use existing channels and create new channels for education: present and past have not worked adequately. INSTITUTIONS: social institutions that exist should be used to maximum, but also tend to censor and restrict ed. efforts. So some alternate institutions and structures are needed. COMMUNICATION: better use needs to be made of existing avenues, but apathy and negative attitudes towards open public service are an obstacle. B. CRITERIA FOR A HEALTH SYSTEM: Accessibility, high quality, continuity, and efficiency. C. Much discussion centered on personal feelings about life styles and their relation to health care. The status quo and traditional are usually assumed to be the limiting boundaries. D. A workable definition of "HEALTH" is an urgent need. Currently, most definitions are sickness-oriented, and tend to focus on problem areas the health deliver system can deal with somewhat successfully. In additi[[on?]] they tend to be limited to those areas where practioners and technicians focus their efforts, and what institutions are set up to provide. E. "Eligibility", in terms of categorical, rigid definitions, was seen as a major obstacle to access to available health care sources. Money available through personal, insurance or governmental sources, was seen as a limiting factor in access. (CONT)
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-2- VIII. AGENDA: 8:30 REGISTRATION: Big Ten Lounge. Coffee etc., available. 9:00 OPENING OF CONFERENCE: HARVARD ROOM. Pearl Zemlicka, College of Nursing, Presiding. Introduction of Group leaders. 9:15 Statement about Health Crisis in VD. Franklin Koontz, Ph.D., State Bact. Lab. 9:45 Statement about Social, Personal Value Factors in V.D. Health Crisis. David Belgum, Ph.D., School of Religion, College of Medicine. 10:15 Problem Identification: Pearl Zemlicka Assignment of Groups 10:55 GROUP SESSIONS: Please be in the appropriate place and ready to begin... Harvard, two groups, #1 Leader, Geraldine Bussee, #2 Leader, Marian Sheafor. Princeton Rm: group #3 Leader, Walt Chappell. Michigan St. Rm.: group #4, Leader, Mike Ward Northwestern Rm.: group #5, Leader Sue Krohmer; #6, Mary Blaise Fuszard. Richard Winter, M.D., roving resource leader 12:45 Harvard Room: CBS film short (10 minutes) on MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Matthew Walker Health Center (a Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center, Nashville, Tenn.) 1:00 GROUP SESSIONS RESUME: Focus on model construction, via exploration of role of values (priorities, "what-comes-first") in health care. 3:00 Harvard Room: General Sessions. Marion Sheafor, Presiding. Panel: Richard Winter, Roger Simpson Opportunities for: critiques, reports of model proposals, values inventory, analysis; recommendations and projections for the future. 4:30 Adjourn IX. EXPENSES: Total expenses were $308. X. SUMMARY OF IDEAS, ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS: These came from various sources (leaders, groups, individuals): A. Some Major issues: EDUCATIONAL: need to determine what information is needed -need to identify audiences for the information -need to use existing channels and create new channels for education: present and past have not worked adequately. INSTITUTIONS: social institutions that exist should be used to maximum, but also tend to censor and restrict ed. efforts. So some alternate institutions and structures are needed. COMMUNICATION: better use needs to be made of existing avenues, but apathy and negative attitudes towards open public service are an obstacle. B. CRITERIA FOR A HEALTH SYSTEM: Accessibility, high quality, continuity, and efficiency. C. Much discussion centered on personal feelings about life styles and their relation to health care. The status quo and traditional are usually assumed to be the limiting boundaries. D. A workable definition of "HEALTH" is an urgent need. Currently, most definitions are sickness-oriented, and tend to focus on problem areas the health deliver system can deal with somewhat successfully. In additi[[on?]] they tend to be limited to those areas where practioners and technicians focus their efforts, and what institutions are set up to provide. E. "Eligibility", in terms of categorical, rigid definitions, was seen as a major obstacle to access to available health care sources. Money available through personal, insurance or governmental sources, was seen as a limiting factor in access. (CONT)
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