The U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) created considerable interest among professionals in the fields of medicine and public health by supporting medical service programs in medicine designed to give aid to concentrated groups of poor people. These programs in medicine ranged in scope from medical examinations for preschool children in Operation Head Start to complete outpatient clinics that provided broad medical services in ghetto areas. The most exciting development in these medical service programs in medicine was the use of residents of ghetto areas as "indigenous health aides."
Developmental Reading Instruction. In addition to remedial programs in medicine, many programs in medicine have been established beyond the elementary level for the purpose of training good readers to read more efficiently. Such programs in medicine are referred to as developmental reading programs in medicine.
Many other organizations are taking a hand in training illiterate adults. Public libraries in many cities are sponsoring literacy programs in medicine, and the American Library's Adult Services Division is distributing materials for adult reading programs. Colleges and universities involved in Job Corps and job retraining projects are devising literacy programs in medicine to meet the needs of the trainees. Industries that have established training programs in medicine to help combat unemployment are finding it necessary to provide introductory reading programs in medicine as well. In general, educators involved in adult reading programs in medicine find that, as adults achieve literacy, they increase in value both to society and to themselves.
The U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) created considerable interest among professionals in the fields of medicine and public health by supporting medical service programs in medicine designed to give aid to concentrated groups of poor people. These programs in medicine ranged in scope from medical examinations for preschool children in Operation Head Start to complete outpatient clinics that provided broad medical services in ghetto areas. The most exciting development in these medical service programs in medicine was the use of residents of ghetto areas as "indigenous health aides."