Presents a review of social trends having significance for women's gender roles, identifies potential implications of these trends for home economists, and makes observations about these implications for the personal lives of women who are home economists. (JOW)

The challenges that the future will present to the home economist will be many. Technological, scientific, economic, environmental, climatic, social, political, institutional, and personal pressures will cause changes that will be favorable and unfavorable. (JOW)

Home economics in developed nations has been strongly influenced by capitalism and individualism, and it has lost focus on community. Developing African nations have a different philosophy on communal life. (SK)

The author states that home economists interested in the prevention of family problems can collaborate with practitioners who plan and implement marriage preparation programs. She says that home economists have the potential to assist marriage preparation practitioners in needs assessment, the setting of objectives for programs, and devising…

Describes the purported nature of environmental illness, suggested causes, and management approaches used by doctors practicing environmental medicine. Suggests how home economists can help people learn to cope with and reduce environmental stressors. (JOW)

Describes a project in which home economists were encouraged to tell stories that illustrate and describe their practices. The resulting data were used to construct a portrait of the profession in Canada. (ontains 17 references.)(JOW)

Outlines the major impacts of the developments that have occurred in the past quarter century upon families in developing countries. The article examines the evidence that shows that home economists have the knowledge and attitudes to develop such an orientation in their professional programs designed to foster development. (Author/CT)

Value transformation in home economics may be approached in three ways: How are values changing? How should values be transformed? How can values be transformed? While home economics may be involved in all three approaches, it is the latter two that are the most critical. (Author/CT)

Home economists have a legitimate role in shaping public policy. Much has been said about how to influence the policy development process; this extends to the realm of analyzing policy that has already been developed. (JOW)

Undergraduate home economics degree-granting programs are becoming more and more diverse. This movement has led to considerable debate about whether the specialized programs are home economics and whether the graduates are home economists. This article reviews some of these issues and makes recommendations for curriculum planning. (Author)

Discusses a voluntary program for the certification of home economists implemented by the American Home Economics Association. Describes two avenues for certification, recertification, specialty endorsement, and program administration. (JOW)

The role of the home economist as a financial counselor is essential to providing victims of wife abuse with a means of financial stability. The counselor can assist the victim with everything from financial stability to budgeting. (Author)

Social trends indicating change in family structure and roles, more single-parent and blended families, and the important role of parents in socialization demonstrate the need for parenting education. A parenting course should include understanding of healthy family life and parental roles, parenting styles, child development, and parenting…

To increase the level of political education and competency of Canadian home economists, this article describes the process of lobbying and advocating, writing position papers, and presenting briefs. (JOW)

Reviews the historical development of home economics in Canada and suggests that issues addressed by home economists are as important and relevant as they were at the turn of the century. (Author)