Please this is a public health question. Please try to cite your sources. Also,
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Please this is a public health question. Please try to cite your sources. Also, please follow the the formate below. Thanks for your understanding.
On the sanitary Era:
The origins of contemporary public health are often traced to the mid to late 1800s in England and the United States. Please describe some of the public health problems associated with this time period. What were the causes (both perceived and actual) of these health problems, and what kinds of public health responses were undertaken? In describing the public health response, you should include any information about key persons, documents, laws or other historical events that you think are relevant. Your answer should discuss both England and the U.S., although how much space you devote to each is up to you. Finally, please state and explain at least one lesson that you think can be learned from public health in the sanitary era to inform our present-day research and/or practice in public health.
A. Public health Problems during this time period
B. What were the causes of health problems
a. Perceived- filth, disease, low moral character and moral character
b. Actual-Cholera outbreak; lack of factual knowledge about disease and infracture
c. Disease theories
i. Act of punishment from God
ii. Miasma
iii. Contagionism
iv. Contingent contagionism
C. What kinds of public health responses were undertaken- In England
a. Key persons
b. Key documents
c. Key laws
D. What kinds of public health responses were undertaken- U.S.
a. Key persons
b. Key documents
c. Key laws
E. One lesson learned from public health in sanitary era that applies today in public health.
Explanation / Answer
Answers:
Source: Immigrants, Cities, and Disease
Immigration and Health Concerns in Late Nineteenth Century America
By Ted Brackemyrehttp://ushistoryscene.com/article/immigrants-cities-disease/
A. Public health Problems during this time period
The Industrialization in America and England throughout this period, infectious diseases emerged as a real threat. The introduction of new immigrants and the growth of large urban areas allowed previously localized diseases to spread quickly and infect larger populations. Towns grew into cities as industrialization sparked urban migration from rural communities in both the United States and Europe. The increased demand for cheap housing by urban migrants led to poorly built homes that inadequately provided for personal hygiene. Immigrant workers during this period often lived in cramped tenement housing that regularly lacked basic amenities such as running water, ventilation, and toilets. These conditions were ideal for the spread of bacteria and infectious disease. Without organized sanitation systems, bacteria easily passed from person to person through the water and sewage. As a result, many of America’s largest urban areas like New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington DC fell prey to a rash of infectious diseases in the middle and end of the nineteenth century.
B. What were the causes of health problems
b. Actual-Cholera outbreak; lack of factual knowledge about disease and infracture.
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=r0iPBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=What+kinds+of+public+health+responses+were+undertaken-+In+England+during+1900&source=bl&ots=stIvrJ_Kti&sig=1JrHQNlR9VTFleNQ6w_-FBGhE-k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSmaKGrdjQAhUKv48KHZQ0CgkQ6AEIPDAC#v=onepage&q=What%20kinds%20of%20public%20health%20responses%20were%20undertaken-%20In%20England%20during%201900&f=false
C. What kinds of public health responses were undertaken- In England
c. Key laws
http://www.jblearning.com/samples/0763738514/38514_Ch01_001_020.pdf
D. What kinds of public health responses were undertaken- U.S.
c. Key laws
http://www.slideshare.net/wal147/19th-century-public-health-booklet-4074559
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/city/
E. One lesson learned from public health in sanitary era that applies today in public health.
By this one can learn that, the cleanliness and personal hygiene is the most important in public health. The focus of public health intervention is to improve health quality and quality of life through prevention and treatment of disease and other physical and mental health conditions. This could be done through surveillance of cases and health indicators and through promotion of healthy behaviours, communities and environments. Many diseases are preventable through simple, non-medical methods. Examples of common public health measures include promotion of hand washing with soap can prevent many contagious diseases. In other cases, treating a disease or disease controlling pathogen can be vital to preventing its spread to other, such as during an outbreak of infectious disease or contamination of food or water supplies. Promotion of public health programmes like breastfeeding, delivery of vaccinations, and distribution of condoms to control of spread of sexually transmitted diseases.