Camp Health Aide Manual = Manual para trabajadores de salud.

This bilingual manual serves as a textbook for migrant Camp Health Aides. Camp Health Aides are members of migrant labor camps enlisted to provide information about health and social services to migrant workers and their families. The manual is divided into 12 tabbed sections representing lessons. Teaching notes printed on contrasting paper contain objectives for the lesson, a list of materials needed, and examples of demonstration methods. Chapter 1, "Introduction to the Camp Health Aide Program," provides general information. Chapter 2, "Learning Different Ways of Helping People," addresses skills needed by the Camp Health Aide. Chapter 3, "Personal Hygiene," covers dental health, scabies, lice, ticks, athletes foot, and ringworms. Chapter 4, "Camp Sanitation and Safety," contains sections on safety hazards, trash disposal, wild animals, and pesticide poisoning. "Basic First Aids" is presented in chapter 5. Chapter 6 is a brief overview of nutrition. Chapter 7, "Keeping Your Children Healthy," provides information on vaccinations, diseases, and nutrition. Chapter 8 addresses pre- and postnatal care during pregnancy. Adult illnesses and high blood pressure are explained in chapter 9. Symptoms, treatment, and prevention of "AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases" are discussed in chapter 10. Common children's illnesses are described in chapter 11. The final chapter addresses mental health problems. The manual contains many drawings and a subject index. (KS)