Pioneering Health Care for Children with Disabilities

Untold Legacy of the 1916 Polio Epidemic in the United States

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6076483
AutoresLaurel Iverson Hitchcock (0000-0002-3062-9622, University of Alabama at Birmingham, autor de correspondencia), Paul H Stuart (0000-0003-2564-4307, Florida International University)
Año2017
Volumen25
Número1
Páginas90-111
Fecha de publicación2017-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10705422.2016.1269249
OpenAlexW2572365199
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas25

In 1916, the United States experienced its first polio epidemic, resulting in 6,000 deaths and 21,000 injured individuals. Medical practices were ill prepared to stop the disease and treat survivors. Historians have documented the creation of the polio vaccine during the 20th century, but less is written about efforts to provide rehabilitation services to children afflicted with polio. This research looked at Polio After-Care Committees, a new form of community practice that provided care to children with disabilities. The Committees worked to change community-level systems of care while providing medical care, demonstrating that new forms of community-based service organization could reach children

Economic growth · Health care · Poliomyelitis · Political science · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Medicine · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Gerontology · Virology