The importance and varieties of human touch have been the subject of much research. Touching varies from culture to culture and is a way of talking in most Latin American countries. Three Puerto Rican novels provide examples of this nonverbal communicative style: "Mambru se fue a la guerra," by Jose Luis Gonzalez; "La vispera del…

The objective of improving mental health care for Hispanics has been reviewed, most often, as dependent upon the provision of culturally sensitive mental health services. "Cultural sensitivity," however, is an imprecise term, especially when efforts are made to put it into operation when providing mental health services to Hispanic…

The first national estimates on a variety of health indicators for the Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations of the United States are presented in this report, which consists largely of statistical tables containing data from the National Health Interview Surveys of 1978, 1979, and 1980. The primary focus of the report, however, is on four…

A critique of research objectives and funding patterns of the National Institute of Education, as well as recommendations for change, with special reference to the needs of minority groups and the Puerto Rican community. (EH)

Describes the Puerto Rican woman in the United States as trapped between two forces: the economic and political powerlessness of Puerto Ricans in general, and the sex role socialization which so often prevents the development of her potential. (Author/SF)

A study was conducted of 275 Puerto Rican pupils to assess the relative effectiveness of various experimental models of bilingual education with respect to selected pupil and parent outcomes. A model providing a major part of the instructional day in Spanish in addition to English had generally positive results. (Author/RM)

A successful bilingual English/Spanish program for Puerto Rican elementary school children in Rochester, New York, is described. The program placed particular emphasis on reading instruction. (CK)

Data demonstrate that from the start minority women do not share the occupational success of their white counterparts. The findings concerning equality of opportunity among these working class women are not optimistic. (Author/AM)

This study, part of an on-going investigation, analyzes the syntactic aspects of code-switching. A series of empirical studies has confirmed that there are only two general linguistic constraints where code-switching may occur, the free morpheme constraint and the equivalence constraint. This study describes in formal terms how the two constraints…

This study is based on the general finding that the linguistic reality of a bilingual community is complex and that the two languages are not compartmentalized into any particular spheres of social life. It uses this finding to explore a theoretical position that treats facts regarding language functions and usage as if these, in and of…

This discussion takes the view that poverty and school failure are not the results of natural disabilities, but rather they are the result of a conflict in our society between two opposed cultures; and that the conflict will not be resolved in any favorable way unless the dominant culture recognizes the values of the dominated culture, and changes…

The paper reviews cultural experiences that create home-school discrepancies in Puerto Rican adolescents, some of whom have remigrated from the mainland to the island, and considers factors leading to a diagnosis of social maladjustment or emotional disturbance. The effects of cultural experience, the parents' expectations, and the family's…

PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE GIFTED STUDENT AND TO DEVELOP HIS TALENTS MAXIMALLY ARE OCCURING WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY THROUGHOUT THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS COLLECTION OF ARTICLES PROVIDES THE DESCRIPTIONS OF MANY SUCH PROGRAMS FOR BOTH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. CARNEGIE INSTITUTE…