8 ‘Some kindred form of medical social work’
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Jaime Lapeyre
Abstract
This chapter explores the various roles of community healthcare workers across France, England and the USA. It examines the influence of the American nurse leaders' campaign for the training of public health nurses and the influence of this campaign internationally in both the areas of nursing education and community care. A variety of trained and untrained personnel, such as health visitors, social workers and public health nurses, were responsible for the provision of community healthcare. Olive Baggallay expressed her appreciation for the organisation of the community or the district nursing care in the USA, noting in particular the efficiency of this care under a nurse who had been trained in bedside and public health nursing. In the USA, as a result of the early formation of training programmes, the availability of trained nurses was more abundant; thus these women were the primary providers of care in the community.
Abstract
This chapter explores the various roles of community healthcare workers across France, England and the USA. It examines the influence of the American nurse leaders' campaign for the training of public health nurses and the influence of this campaign internationally in both the areas of nursing education and community care. A variety of trained and untrained personnel, such as health visitors, social workers and public health nurses, were responsible for the provision of community healthcare. Olive Baggallay expressed her appreciation for the organisation of the community or the district nursing care in the USA, noting in particular the efficiency of this care under a nurse who had been trained in bedside and public health nursing. In the USA, as a result of the early formation of training programmes, the availability of trained nurses was more abundant; thus these women were the primary providers of care in the community.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface xiv
- Introduction 1
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Part I Care and cure in nursing work
- 1 Baby and infant healthcare in Dresden, 1897–1930 21
- 2 The taste of war 35
- 3 ‘In the company of those similarly afflicted’ 52
- 4 ‘Hurting and caring’ 69
- 5 A poverty of leadership 82
- 6 Beyond the cuckoo’s nest 100
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Part II Public health and nursing work
- 7 The cholera epidemic of 1892 and its impact on modernising public health and nursing in Hamburg 123
- 8 ‘Some kindred form of medical social work’ 144
- 9 ‘Community healthcare’ 163
- 10 Nurses in schools, coal towns and migrant camps 180
- Index 200
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Preface xiv
- Introduction 1
-
Part I Care and cure in nursing work
- 1 Baby and infant healthcare in Dresden, 1897–1930 21
- 2 The taste of war 35
- 3 ‘In the company of those similarly afflicted’ 52
- 4 ‘Hurting and caring’ 69
- 5 A poverty of leadership 82
- 6 Beyond the cuckoo’s nest 100
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Part II Public health and nursing work
- 7 The cholera epidemic of 1892 and its impact on modernising public health and nursing in Hamburg 123
- 8 ‘Some kindred form of medical social work’ 144
- 9 ‘Community healthcare’ 163
- 10 Nurses in schools, coal towns and migrant camps 180
- Index 200
