“High/Scope Supporting the Child, the Family, the Community”: A Report of the Proceedings of the High/Scope Ireland Third Annual Conference, 12th October 2004, Newry, Northern Ireland

The third annual High/Scope Ireland Conference provided a forum for speakers workshop leaders and delegates from across Ireland, the UK, USA, Europe and South Africa to share their experiences of High/Scope in action. Research demonstrates that long term benefits for High/Scope participants include increased literacy rates, school success and employability as well as decreased levels of substance misuse, delinquent & criminal activity and teenage pregnancy. The Plan-Do-Review approach intrinsic to the High/Scope Daily Routine has application in a wide range of settings which transcend community, cultural, national and international boundaries.     

Harmonization of criteria documents for standard setting in occupational health: A report of a workshop

The paper presents the most important points of the discussion, recommendations, and conclusions of a workshop on harmonization of criteria documents (CDs) for standard setting in occupational health, with emphasis on standard setting in the European Community (EC). The objectives were to achieve harmonized CDs and to develop a mechanism for international cooperation. The discussion focused on three broad topics: contents of CDs; collection, assessment, and evaluation of data; and procedures for the preparation and exchange of CDs on specific chemicals. Annex A on the various procedures for standard setting by EC Member States, countries outside the EC, and international organizations and Annex B on the proposed contents of the CDs are also included.