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Direct linkLarsen, Dawn – American Journal of Health Education, 2012
The polio vaccine became available in 1955, due almost entirely to the efforts of the March of Dimes. In 1921, Franklin Roosevelt gave a public face to polio and mounted a campaign to prevent it, establishing the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1938. During the Depression, U.S. citizens were asked to contribute one dime. Entertainer…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Child Health, Professional Associations, Depression (Psychology)
Berkowitz, J. H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The great war now ended has shown to every nation the priceless value of its citizens. The beginnings of the health supervision of schools and school children, made before the war, are now seen as movements of the greatest significance for national conservation. The growth of school health supervision in the United States in the past few years is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, School Health Services, School Buildings
