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Future of insurance
Get PDFA brief Survey of the growth of obstetrical knowledge should be of value in influencing the pregnant woman to take advantage of the care offered by reputable obstetricians. The rapid growth made in the last few years has made childbearing a relatively safe undertaking for any woman who is interested in having a child or children. The hazards that women braved and undertaking the greatest adventure of any normal life. Have been appalling and should not be allowed to continue in this age of increasing knowledge. Many of the fatal complications of a few years ago can now be prevented or corrected if adequate care is obtained early in the pregnancy. The present movements for better care are of interest to every parent and should not be ignored or unrecognized because of lack of acquaintance with them
Parental education in relation to the pre-school child
Get PDFWithin the last decade there has developed in this country a vast and growing interest in the young child, particularly of the pre-school age, and in the much more neglected subject of training for parenthood. Approach has been made from a number of different points of view by a variety of research groups, behavior clinics, nursery schools, and groups of parents themselves. There has been increasing recognition of the fact that merely being a father or a mother is not in itself sufficient to prepare the individual for the complex and difficult task of rearing children
Unity of effort: the goal of social workers and public health workers
Get PDFThis is a period of consolidation rather than expansion. All agencies are working to unify theory and purpose among social work and public health professionals. And, it is upon this conclusion of a unity of effort, that this paper is based .
Spontaneous abortion
No full textThis paper investigates those conditions which cause or are factors in the causation of spontaneous abortions to try to understand the problem which must be solved by the obstetrician and his coworkers and by the public health organizations, including doctors, nurses and lay members to avert such tragedies and loss of life.
Prenatal program
No full textThis work describes the history and current landscape of prenatal care and viewpoints up to the time of publication. Including, early history of obstetrics, birth control, mental hygiene of the mother, etc
Poliomyelitis
No full textProbably of all the diseases that afflict mankind. Strikes fear to the mind of people as poliomyelitis. This disease, commonly known as infantile paralysis, receives too much and too little attention. Too much attention is evident in a community which has or is experiencing an epidemic of poliomyelitis, where the inhabitants tend to react in an extremely violent manner, even to the point of hysteria regarding this disease. Certainly, they react out of proportion to the actual menace, which should become evident as we delve further into the subject in this paper. Too little attention is given to this disease by the public from the standpoint of research into the cause of this dreadful disease and to the actual care and rehabilitation of its victims.
The taboo on genito infectious disease
No full textThe terms syphilis and gonorrhea have at last been brought before the public. The taboo placed upon the discussions of the genito-infectious diseases is undoubtedly due to the fact that, in the majority of cases the method of transmission of these diseases is through sexual intercourse, and by discussion of any topic concerning sex, even though this performance is in itself fundamental to the propagation of the human race, has been ostracized by the all-important public opinion for so long a time. These problems of venereal disease control have been switched from a societal hygiene problem to a public health program. With the information concerning gonorrhea and syphilis which we now have at hand, and the public attitude towards gonorrhea and syphilis which we are now creating, it should be possible to entirely rid civilization of these diseases
The development of public health nursing
No full textThis paper discusses the history and development of public health nursing
Health education project in three schools
No full textIn planning a health program for either high school or grade school, the first consideration must be the object to be accomplished. To further this aim, methods of contributing to continuous and satisfactory growth must be such as will gain not only the interest but also the active participation of the child to the point where he will almost unconsciously adopt such personal habits in healthy living as will accomplish this aim
Psychiatric nursing
No full textThis paper discusses the following topics: Psychiatric nursing, Mental hygiene, Mental disease symptoms, specific treatments of mental disorders, the history of mental disorders and their treatments, as well as defines a psychiatric hospital.