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62 Twenty-Eighth Biennial Report Personal Health Service An important service of this Division is that rendered through personal correspondence. Thousands of people, many of whom are distressed in mind or body, write to the State Board of Health for information, help or advice on almost every conceivable Question relating to health in the field of medicine. Naturally, not all such questions can be answered, but even then no letter or communication is disregarded and every writer signing his name and giving correct address gets a reply. The value of this friendly personal service to a large group of inquiring and anxious people is inestimable, and at the same time it is no little item in the regular day's work. Health Education Health Education as utilized by the State Board of Health comprises every available means of imparting information from one human to others. Naturally, the time-honored method is by the w^ritten and spoken word. Our health education work embraces regular and special publications, lectures, personal examination and advice to thousands of women in the maternity and infancy centers by physicians and nurses, house to house contact in such things as nurse demonstrations, and the provision of moving picture service. No phase of public health work is more important than health education. Only as the rank and file of people know and understand the principles and methods of disease prevention will there be any great progress of a permanent nature made in saving lives, cutting down sickness, and making life easier and happier for all the people. Reaching the people who need health instruction most is our greatest problem. Large numbers, especially of the colored race, do not read and write, neither do they have radios. Nevertheless, we keep the channels that are open to us such as the press, radio, clinics, public health nurses, and the public schools, busy carrying the gospel of health to all people who will and can receive it. It has been said that if we could get to the people the knowledge which medical science has given us and get this knowledge converted into appropriate action, at least ten years would be added to the expectation of life of each newborn child. The last two years have seen the educational health service of the Board increase in both volume and efficiency. The Health Bulletin, a monthly publi-cati'^n of sixteen pages, which is sent free on request to citizens of the state, continues to be the most important and effective means we have for reaching the people with health information. The publication is now in its 56th year. During the biennium the mailing list for this publication has increased from 46,000 to 55,000 copies. The editor, who is director of this division, endeavors to put into every issue some timely and undei^standable articles which may be of interest to every group of readers, lay and physician alike, and which over a period of twelve months, cover a great variety of health subjects. His editorials, ''Notes and Comments/' which are written out of many years' experience in public health work, are frequently copied by the press in and out of the state. In addition to the 55,000 copies of the monthly Health Bulletin, this Division sent out during the last two years 8,004,805 copies of other free health literature. This consisted of forty or more different pamphlets and bulletins on such diseases as diphtheria, typhoid, hookworm, pellagra, cancer, and appendi-
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-02: Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Description | Publication began with the 13th (1909/1910) and ceased with the 44th (1970/1972) |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : The Board, 1911- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1938-1940 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-028 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 28 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 62 |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the North Carolina State Board of Health [1909-1972] |
Subject Name | North Carolina. State Board of Health -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Statistics -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina. |
Description | Publication began with the 13th (1909/1910) and ceased with the 44th (1970/1972) |
Creator | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh : The Board, 1911- |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1938-1940 |
Identifier | NCHH-02-028-0066 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 28 |
Page Number | 62 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 62 Twenty-Eighth Biennial Report Personal Health Service An important service of this Division is that rendered through personal correspondence. Thousands of people, many of whom are distressed in mind or body, write to the State Board of Health for information, help or advice on almost every conceivable Question relating to health in the field of medicine. Naturally, not all such questions can be answered, but even then no letter or communication is disregarded and every writer signing his name and giving correct address gets a reply. The value of this friendly personal service to a large group of inquiring and anxious people is inestimable, and at the same time it is no little item in the regular day's work. Health Education Health Education as utilized by the State Board of Health comprises every available means of imparting information from one human to others. Naturally, the time-honored method is by the w^ritten and spoken word. Our health education work embraces regular and special publications, lectures, personal examination and advice to thousands of women in the maternity and infancy centers by physicians and nurses, house to house contact in such things as nurse demonstrations, and the provision of moving picture service. No phase of public health work is more important than health education. Only as the rank and file of people know and understand the principles and methods of disease prevention will there be any great progress of a permanent nature made in saving lives, cutting down sickness, and making life easier and happier for all the people. Reaching the people who need health instruction most is our greatest problem. Large numbers, especially of the colored race, do not read and write, neither do they have radios. Nevertheless, we keep the channels that are open to us such as the press, radio, clinics, public health nurses, and the public schools, busy carrying the gospel of health to all people who will and can receive it. It has been said that if we could get to the people the knowledge which medical science has given us and get this knowledge converted into appropriate action, at least ten years would be added to the expectation of life of each newborn child. The last two years have seen the educational health service of the Board increase in both volume and efficiency. The Health Bulletin, a monthly publi-cati'^n of sixteen pages, which is sent free on request to citizens of the state, continues to be the most important and effective means we have for reaching the people with health information. The publication is now in its 56th year. During the biennium the mailing list for this publication has increased from 46,000 to 55,000 copies. The editor, who is director of this division, endeavors to put into every issue some timely and undei^standable articles which may be of interest to every group of readers, lay and physician alike, and which over a period of twelve months, cover a great variety of health subjects. His editorials, ''Notes and Comments/' which are written out of many years' experience in public health work, are frequently copied by the press in and out of the state. In addition to the 55,000 copies of the monthly Health Bulletin, this Division sent out during the last two years 8,004,805 copies of other free health literature. This consisted of forty or more different pamphlets and bulletins on such diseases as diphtheria, typhoid, hookworm, pellagra, cancer, and appendi- |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
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