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Deals with the preparations being done in the United States (U.S.) in connection with the celebration of the International Year of the Child (IYC) in 1979. Details of the National Commission on IYC, 1979; Publications which assessed the state of children and their families in the U.S.; Actions being taken by several medical associations in line with the celebration.

Describes the activities in several European countries for the celebration of the International Year of the Child (IYC) in 1979. IYC activities in Poland, Greece, Finland and England; Principles that characterize European programs for children.

The article offers information on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Poland government first proposed the creation of an international convention on the rights of children in 1978 as part of the International Year of the Child in 1979. The convention is a result of a collaboration among forty countries, of non-governmental organizations and national and international agencies. The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, declared in November 1959, is the principal international source of authority on the rights of children.

Explores the efforts of the Nurses' Association of Jamaica for the participation of nurses in the International Year of the Child in 1979. Emphasis on involvement with day care centers; Arrangement of the association for its Annual Summer School for children; Effect of slavery on family life.

Focuses on the Child Health Center, a hospital monument being built in Warsaw, Poland as part of the 1979 International Year of the Child celebration. List of activities during the celebration; Features of the Child Health Center.

Reports on the discussion held in March 1979 among the directors of religious education in the dioceses of the Church of North India (CNI) regarding ministry to children at the Christian Retreat and Study Centre of Rajpur, India. Details of the activities in different dioceses; Talks on several issues concerning children; Goals set for the International Year of the Child, 1979.

Reports on the release of the official logo for the International Year of the Child (IYC) by the IYC Secretariat. Role of Erik Jerichau of Denmark in the design of the logo; Interpretation of the logo; Basis for the selection of the design.

The article presents updates from the president of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) on matters which are related to the organization. These include: the plan to use the declaration of 1979 as the International Year of the Child as a vehicle to enhance programs for children, particularly exceptional children; the emergence of a learning environment that is more universal in view of the international civil and human rights movement; and the call for everyone to participate in making a true analysis of the state of special education.

Introduces two commentaries on the plans in the United States and Europe to implement The International Year of the Child in 1979. Efforts of the U.S. and Europe in line with its aim to improve the state of childhood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Editorial. Comments on the celebration of the International Year of the Child in 1979. Range of issues relevant to child welfare and psychology that were explored by the event; Statistics on child abuse and neglect; Quality of welfare programs for children.

The article reveals that the Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine is happy to announce that the Annual Newborn Symposium in commemoration of "The International Year of the Child," will be held in the Health Sciences Center Auditorium, Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, Kentucky, on November 1-3, 1979. Speakers will be: Doctors Petter Karlberg, Fabio Sereni, Neils Raiha, David Baum, and Robert H. Usher.

Reports on the program for the International Year of the Child based on the principle of children helping other children launched in Great Britain. Aim of the initiative to awaken in children an awareness of the health needs of their younger brothers and sisters; Role of children as part-time health workers; Effectiveness of children in health promotion.

On International Nurses Day 1979 nurses around the world will be demonstrating their support to the International Year of the Child. International Council of Nurses (ICN) has suggested to its member associations that programmes planned for International Nurses Day 1979 should focus on nurses participation in International Year of the Child projects at national level. "Nurses make a major contribution to child care in all countries," said ICN President Olive Anstey in announcing the 1979 theme.