School of Nursing Scrapbook 1979

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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, 1978

Backcountry Window ' Opehs Eyes To Health-Care Services By BETH MOHR Staff Writer, The San Dle90 Union

people. Many moved into the area because it is quiet and they expected it to be cheaper. In reality, it is more expensive. , Food costs are higher and, because of the long distances, transportation expense is a • lot greater." - .... -~. • .. __ • ~- ,-.41 -- - tile people they served. The results, re– corded in the women'$ reP'Jrl, bore out their initial conclusion that lack of public education was a major drawback in meet– ing health-care needs. "Everyone was supercooperative," Har– toch said. "We met with agency staffs and

Not too long ago, a man living in San Diego County's rural Mountain Empire area was chopping wood when the ax flew .. ~Ii the .13aeR~uWa-y 0 1

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Windows of the pharmacy on a small business corner in Campo now are covered with 'Close Out Sale' signs, sad evidence that one of the health ser– vices listed in a new directory soon will be gone.

other health care professionals for inter– views, followed up with wtjtten question– naires. "We then asked 50 residents to fill out questionnaries about themselves, health services they used and others they felt were needed." To get random samples of information, the women simply asked the cooperation of the first 10 people to enter grocery stores in five Mountain Empire communi– ties. (Continued on D-2, Col.4)