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Septeyn^er, 1936 The Health Bulletin 15 the community who have been sought out by the public health nurses and urged to attend. At the centers, which are held regularly each month, they are given a physical examination and are advised as to what constitutes proper care for themselves and their babies, both before and after birth. Valuable literature is put into their hands, with the instruction as to its best use and helpful meaning. The centers or clinics are under the supervision of local doctors, which means that mothers attending these centers are brought face to face with their county or community physicians probably for the first times in their lives. Here they are enabled, also probably for the first time, to know and appreciate the services of a doctor. Furthermore, barriers of embarrassment due to false modesty and inexperience are broken down and the way is made easier for them to confer with a physician and have him administer to their personal needs. While a general physical examination is given, there are no provisions for treatment. Patients needing treatment are advised to go to their local or family doctor, and emergencies are handled through the county public welfare officer, or some other local agency. Another phase of the center work is the instruction given to mothers regarding the feeding and care of their babies. They are advised to bring their babies regularly each month to the center and the child's growth and development is carefully watched. While at the center, the babies are often given the immunizing treatment against diphtheria and smallpox. Dental needs of the mother and baby are also taken note of, as well as other phases of their general health. Thus the health center in any community becomes both^ a health and educational institution. To date, nearly 100 health centers have been established in North Carolina in about 30 counties. Sixteen of these counties are without any organized health department or public health nursing service, while the others have this maternity and infancy work as a supplement to their regular health program. Already hundreds of mothers have been served at these clinics or centers and the darkest spot in the State's public health work is beginning to clear up. But the baby problem in North Carolina will not be met and settled by this one program alone. It is too large and too involved to be met and handled so easily. However, every little bit is a decided help. Underlying it are all the social, economic, moral and health problems that affect a people. Dr. Cooper, who is familiar with the conditions that are largely responsible for the State's high death rate of mothers and babies, has repeatedly stated these to be: Lack of pre-natal and competent obstetrical service at child-birth; lack of knowledge on the part of mothers concerning themselves before their baby's birth, and concerning the care and needs of the baby after birth; lack of home comforts, and home and community sanitation, and lack of foresight or provision on the part of the husband or father for the arrival of another member of the family. All of which is to say that poverty, ignorance, and indifference are playing too big a part in the background of the State's future citizens. And all of which shows that the science of eugenics must be made general and practical, and the problem of improving the race be made the concern of the State. Primarily it is an educational problem in which all agencies must help. Local groups like the woman's club, the parent-teacher association, home demostration clubs, the schools, and the church can cooi>erate with the health forces to educate the mothers of the community to realize the risks they run when they fail to have the care of a physician.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1936 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-051 |
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 | 51 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 15 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1936 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-051-0197 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
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 | 51 |
Issue Number | 12 |
Page Number | 15 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | Septeyn^er, 1936 The Health Bulletin 15 the community who have been sought out by the public health nurses and urged to attend. At the centers, which are held regularly each month, they are given a physical examination and are advised as to what constitutes proper care for themselves and their babies, both before and after birth. Valuable literature is put into their hands, with the instruction as to its best use and helpful meaning. The centers or clinics are under the supervision of local doctors, which means that mothers attending these centers are brought face to face with their county or community physicians probably for the first times in their lives. Here they are enabled, also probably for the first time, to know and appreciate the services of a doctor. Furthermore, barriers of embarrassment due to false modesty and inexperience are broken down and the way is made easier for them to confer with a physician and have him administer to their personal needs. While a general physical examination is given, there are no provisions for treatment. Patients needing treatment are advised to go to their local or family doctor, and emergencies are handled through the county public welfare officer, or some other local agency. Another phase of the center work is the instruction given to mothers regarding the feeding and care of their babies. They are advised to bring their babies regularly each month to the center and the child's growth and development is carefully watched. While at the center, the babies are often given the immunizing treatment against diphtheria and smallpox. Dental needs of the mother and baby are also taken note of, as well as other phases of their general health. Thus the health center in any community becomes both^ a health and educational institution. To date, nearly 100 health centers have been established in North Carolina in about 30 counties. Sixteen of these counties are without any organized health department or public health nursing service, while the others have this maternity and infancy work as a supplement to their regular health program. Already hundreds of mothers have been served at these clinics or centers and the darkest spot in the State's public health work is beginning to clear up. But the baby problem in North Carolina will not be met and settled by this one program alone. It is too large and too involved to be met and handled so easily. However, every little bit is a decided help. Underlying it are all the social, economic, moral and health problems that affect a people. Dr. Cooper, who is familiar with the conditions that are largely responsible for the State's high death rate of mothers and babies, has repeatedly stated these to be: Lack of pre-natal and competent obstetrical service at child-birth; lack of knowledge on the part of mothers concerning themselves before their baby's birth, and concerning the care and needs of the baby after birth; lack of home comforts, and home and community sanitation, and lack of foresight or provision on the part of the husband or father for the arrival of another member of the family. All of which is to say that poverty, ignorance, and indifference are playing too big a part in the background of the State's future citizens. And all of which shows that the science of eugenics must be made general and practical, and the problem of improving the race be made the concern of the State. Primarily it is an educational problem in which all agencies must help. Local groups like the woman's club, the parent-teacher association, home demostration clubs, the schools, and the church can cooi>erate with the health forces to educate the mothers of the community to realize the risks they run when they fail to have the care of a physician. |
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Article Title | Why Mothers and Babies Die Needlessly In North Carolina |
Article Author | Highsmith, J. Henry |
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