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Origins of Government Intervention

Explore the historical origins of government intervention in health and child welfare, including the Progressive Era, New Deal, and Great Society. Learn about key initiatives such as the American Pediatric Society, Pasteurization, Pure Food and Drugs Act, and the Children's Bureau. Discover the impact of vaccines and treatments like antibiotics and the polio vaccine.

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Origins of Government Intervention

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  1. Origins of Government Intervention

  2. Introduction: Overview • Progressive Era • New Deal • Great Society

  3. II) Health • American Pediatric Society, 1880s • Visiting Obstetric Nurses • Pasteurization • Pure Food and Drugs Act, 1906 • Charles Birdseye • Traffic as a Health Issue • Playground Movement

  4. III) Children’s Bureau, 1912-1946 • Florence Kelley • White House Conference on the Care of Dependent Children, 1909 • Sheppard Towner Act, 1921

  5. IV) Vaccines/Treatment • Antibiotics • Polio Jonas Salk

  6. Second World War ad for penicillin

  7. Iron Lung, ca. 1950s

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