Nursing with a Message
Public Health Demonstration Projects in New York City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5032610 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen W Jones (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1044-1044 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8723 • E-ISSN: 1945-2314 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jahist/jax494 |
| OpenAlex | W2790116986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Patricia D'Antonio's Nursing with a Message is a compelling case study of efforts by New York City public health advocates of the 1920s and 1930s to design three demonstration projects that would test programs to centralize medical services and provide medical care more efficiently to the poor. Internal dynamics of the demonstration clinics (funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Milbank Memorial Fund) provide a context for D'Antonio's story, and the rise and fall of foundation support is background; but a group of leaders among New York City's public health nurses are the central characters in Nursing with a Message. D'Antonio describes their work as project administrators charged with addressing a community need for medical aid, and she brings to light their efforts to enhance the role of the public health nurse. Through the clinics, public health nurses planned to teach constituents to utilize (and demand) preventive health care as well as medical services. The nurse leaders delivered this message of prevention by offering pregnancy-care services for expecting mothers and preventive pediatric services for preschoolers (two groups not targeted by earlier public health efforts), by teaching the importance of preventive dental care, and by offering scientifically approved advice about nutrition. At the same time, these public health nurses researched the value of health prevention and utilized the demonstrations to promote specialized scientific training for public health nurses. D'Antonio tells a complex story of efforts to balance a commitment to community service with a commitment to the work of advanced education that would generate professional respect from the pantheon of medical professionals
Business · Community health · Context (archaeology · Health care · Political science · Public health · Public health nursing · Public relations · Service (business · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History of Medicine and Tropical Health · Medicine · Nursing · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |