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Annual vols. contain an author index. ; Annual cumulations have spine title: Annual cumulated bulletin. ; Annual vols. cover period Oct. 1914/Sept. 1915-Oct. 1984/Sept. 1985. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols. 1-5 published by H.W. Wilson Company; v. 6-71 published by Public Affairs Information Service. ; Indexed in: Public Affairs Information Service. Bulletin. Cumulative subject index, 1915/74-, and: Public Affairs Information Service. Bulletin. Cumulative author index, .

Description based on: Vol. 68, no. 11 (Mar. 1, 1982); title from cover. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Also available as CD-ROM with title: PAIS international. ; Issued also in an annual cumulation.

A summary of the philosophy and technique of government officials responsible for information services in the Belgian Congo, British East Africa, Zanzibar and the two Rhodesias. Economic and political changes are slowly transforming this area into a 'new' Africa. The mass media of communication are being utilized to accelerate acculturation. Information service functions are summarized under 5 generalizations with a full discussion of each. These are (1) the information services implement official government policy; (2) audience preference are carefully considered by the information services; (3) every available mass medium of communication is utilized (radio, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets and leaflets, books, motion pictures and film strips); (4) all types of audience research are primitive; & (5) Africans tend to have access to other communication media beside those offered by the information services. In motion pictures, the government has a complete monopoly of distribution and censorship. Types of excised motion picture scenes are presented and it is concluded that 'when the Central Africans now allegedly being trained in the Soviet Union return home [and] begin functioning on a large scale, a very different conceptualization of events will [become] available to large masses of the pop.' It is concluded that 'the information services dare not continue too long to bring to Africans only a manipulated version of Africa, the West, and the rest of the world. Since European officials genuinely wish to develop some form of democracy... they must... devise means whereby those media can be utilized more democratically.' L. P. Chall.

Medical progress & technological advance have made possible medical administrative & ideological advances which have not yet occurred. Modern scientific applications have simply not been implemented in the management of health administration. Information on how to improve such services has not been publicized, positively presented, or disseminated. Decision-making cannot be made without the proper information inputs. Both the content of the information & methodological information are important in any action implementation programs. A useful tool is construction of a model in the planning of an information context or a system. Methodology for a working system would include an operational definition & classification & uniformity for integration of different systems components relating various data collected. Statisticians & data-processors can be key factors in developing the system so that its data are applicable to other scientific areas, & the information can be subject to certain standardizations & statistical treatment. Dialogues & discussions between statisticians & information producers would increase the usability of the health information system. This would incorporate the areas of interest for both disciplines & increase the efficiency of the information & probability that it conveyed what was intended. Teams of statisticians, administrators, & data producers could create models of actual situations & alternatives for comprehensive planning meeting a variety of needs, as opposed to unilateral information which is expected to be generalized to a variety of disciplines. These generally small & inexpensive inputs have the potential for great returns. A. Rothman.