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The sanitarians : a history of American public health (1992) online; Duffy, John. A History of Public Health in New York City, 1625–1866 (1968) the major scholarly study; covers sanitation, water supply, food safety, housing, schools, hospitals, diseases, medical care, and the progress of medicine. online. Duffy, John.
For a given epidemic or pandemic, the average of its estimated death toll range is used for ranking. If the death toll averages of two or more epidemics or pandemics are equal, then the smaller the range, the higher the rank. For the historical records of major changes in the world population, see world population. [3]
The CDC is a US federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is considered the leading national public health institute in the United States. Its main goal is to protect public health by controlling and preventing disease, disability, and injury. [21] [38] Malaria (initially) United States (Atlanta, Georgia) 1947: Crisis
It mandated that the Public Health Service come up with regulations to protect the rights of human research subjects. Project MKULTRA was first brought to wide public attention in 1975 by the U.S. Congress, through investigations by the Church Committee, and by a presidential commission known as the Rockefeller Commission. [191] [192]
Thatch explores the complex history of U.S. health care, from the Great Depression to the Affordable Care Act. Learn how key legislation shaped today's system and how innovations like ICHRAs are ...
Various aspects of public health: From top to bottom: Community health worker in Mali, vaccination example (COVID-19 vaccination in Germany), historical sewer installation photo from the United States, anti-smoking campaign in India. Part of a series on Public health Outline Subfields Community health Dental public health Environmental health Epidemiology Health economics Health education ...
On July 16, 1798, President John Adams signed the first Federal public health law, "An act for the relief of sick and disabled Seamen." This assessed every seaman at American ports 20 cents a month. This was the first prepaid medical care plan in the United States.
A history of American nursing (2nd ed. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2013). Kalisch, Philip A., and Beatrice J. Kalisch. American Nursing: A History (4th ed. 2003) Leavitt, Judith Walzer, and Ronald L. Numbers, eds. Sickness and health in America: Readings in the history of medicine and public health (3rd ed. 1997). Essays by experts.