From Sentiment to Science
Children's Relief Organisations and the Problem of Malnutrition in Inter‐War Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7750713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Weindling (0000-0003-2908-0430, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 203-212 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1994.tb00307.x |
| PMID | 7953490 |
| OpenAlex | W1984409930 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 4 |
The transformation of the ethos of children's relief organisations from sentimentalism into science was reflected in the rise of nutritional science, eugenics, child psychology and child guidance. A related transition occurred in the organisational forms of child welfare organisations: with the rise of welfare states, government organisations took an increasing role. Internationally there was a move to expand the scope of charities relieving children in distress to broader strategies promoting child welfare. In this paper I consider these shifts in the case of international measures to relieve child starvation and to promote child welfare between the First and Second World Wars. I examine how health organisations had to move away from relief work and establish programmes seeking to relate the developing scientific understanding of nutrition to a range of factors affecting health
Distress · Economic growth · Economics · Ethos · Eugenics · Government (linguistics · Malnutrition · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Public relations · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Welfare · Work (physics · Engineering · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0.55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |