{"title":"Biomedical prevention of mental retardation. A model state plan.","authors":"R Guthrie, M Young","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A model state plan for prevention coordinates human, economic, and social resources in a thoughtful process of identification of causes and prevention of mental retardation and a systematic application of that knowledge through a variety of approaches. Systems approaches suggest that \"everything is connected to everything else.\" In this connection, a program, by definition, should be a planned effort to approach various aspects of an identified major problem by means of a series of interrelated projects; a single, isolated, one-shot project is not a program. This definition of program connotes a sustained commitment consistent with planned social change in order to modify institutions to make them more responsive to community need (Goldston, 1977). A sustained commitment is the cornerstone of a model state plan for prevention. The meshing of effort and services demanded of comprehensive prevention planning requires the support of both the executive and legislative branches of government.</p>","PeriodicalId":77876,"journal":{"name":"Monographs of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (1982)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Monographs of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (1982)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A model state plan for prevention coordinates human, economic, and social resources in a thoughtful process of identification of causes and prevention of mental retardation and a systematic application of that knowledge through a variety of approaches. Systems approaches suggest that "everything is connected to everything else." In this connection, a program, by definition, should be a planned effort to approach various aspects of an identified major problem by means of a series of interrelated projects; a single, isolated, one-shot project is not a program. This definition of program connotes a sustained commitment consistent with planned social change in order to modify institutions to make them more responsive to community need (Goldston, 1977). A sustained commitment is the cornerstone of a model state plan for prevention. The meshing of effort and services demanded of comprehensive prevention planning requires the support of both the executive and legislative branches of government.
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