2.

 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OFCOMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN THEWORLD:-ANCIENT

PERIOD:- The history of public health and public health nursing can be traced far back in the past. In
earliest times people struggled for their survival by devising their own methods to deal with life
events such as births, deaths etc.

3. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OFCOMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN THEWORLD:-

people were concerned about diseases and had some knowledge of its treatment. Medical carte
was given by religious leaders or priests who were revered by the society .Record history of
ancient civilization such as Babylonian, Hebrew, greek and roman reveals that they possessed \
knowledge of personal hygiene, community responsibility and medicine.

4. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OFCOMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN THEWORLD:- They had well

developed system of environmental sanitation such as safe water supply, drainage and sewage
disposal system. They also had understanding of contagious nature of diseases.

5. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OFCOMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN THEWORLD:-

This resulted in rigid public health measures like isolation of the sick, quarantine of the families
and sometimes of the communities. The philosophy of the time was that the individual should
provide for the basic needs for himself and his family.

6. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OFCOMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN THEWORLD:- his

responsibility included the provision of food shelter and clothing and care in case of illness. The
community responsibility was to protect the individual and his family against illness that might be
due to communal life.

7. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSINGIN BRITAIN:- The

development of modern public health and nursing took place from the middle of19th century both
in England and America and various other countries as a result occurance of great epidemics of
bubonic plague, leprosy, small pox, cholera etc.

8. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSINGIN BRITAIN:- During 18th

century and early 19thcentury England faced industrial revolution which created tremendous
social impacts in terms of socio-economic balance, exploitation of workers, slums, overcrowding,
poor sanitation, broken families, child abuse, maternal and child health problems
.
9. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSINGIN BRITAIN:- During 19th
century inspite of the act being passed and implemented to improve the environmental
sanitation, these diseases continued to occur time and again in the western world. This was
because of the fact that epidemiology of the diseases were not fully understood.

10. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSINGIN BRITAIN:- Ms.

Florence Nightingale has been recognized as one of the foremost pioneers in the public health
and public health nursing movements in England.She is acclaimed as the founder of mod
11. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSINGIN BRITAIN:- She began
her work when nursing services which were established by religious order, had withered away
with the decline of church power and influence.Florence Nightingale created an atmosphere of
dignity and self respect for nursing.
ern nursing. She began her work when nursing services which were established by religious
order, had withered away with the decline of church power and influence.
12. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSINGIN AMERICA:- In
America, similar developments took place in the field of public health and public health
movement gained momentum in 1850, when Lemuel Shattuck, a publisher and bookseller,
submitted a report on sanitary conditions of Massachusetts to its legislature and also published
the same.
13. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING IN AMERICA:- In his
report he put forward specific recommendations regarding a system of sanitary inspection,
collection of vital statistics school health programme.

14.HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING IN AMERICA: - In 1872,

American health association, a national level profession organization of community health
workers was established. This association initiates various public health campaigns and has
consistently worked for improving standards of community health services.

15. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING IN AMERICA

In late 19th century and at the beginning of 20th century a new concept began to take impetus
that state has the direct responsibility for the health of people.

16. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING IN AMERICA:- Public

health activities not only included the activities of improved sanitation and control of
communicable diseases but also preventive and promotive services to mothers, children ,school
children, workers and elderly.

17. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING IN AMERICA:- The need

for the application of principles of personal hygiene, care and health teaching was felt in all these
public health services for controlling mortality and morbidity among mothers, children and
workers etc. and improve and promote their health.

22. HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTHAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING IN AMERICA:- During

the early part of 20th century, there were specialized nurses in the field of public healthy like
nurses in maternal and child health, veneral diseases, other communicable diseases,
tuberculosis control etc.