Stories
- In pictures
How an animation educated the army
In a 1940s cartoon intended to persuade US troops to take malaria medication, the makers pitted a clodhopping soldier against a wily mosquito. If only Private SNAFU had followed the government’s advice.
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Getting around the rules of sex education
What should we and shouldn’t we teach our teens about sex, inside and outside of the classroom?
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
![A man with a moustache points his finger with the message: 'Ohne gummi auf den Strich, so was tut Mann lieber nicht! [Without rubber/condoms on the streets, so what do men prefer no to!]; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b16744597_l0053965.jp2/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
![A nurse with one finger raised and the message: 'Wer's im Urlaub ohne treibt, ist im Kopf nicht ganz gescheit' [Whoever goes on holiday unprepared is not clever in the head]; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b16744561_l0053964.jp2/full/282%2C/0/default.jpg)
Catalogue
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Health education in the United States of America / by C.E. Turner ..., Professor of Public Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Turner, C. E. (Clair Elsmere), 1890-1974Date: 1943
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Transactions of the Conference on the future of public health in the United States and the education of sanitarians : held at Washington, D.C. March 14 and 15, 1922 under the auspices of the United States Public Health Service.
Conference on the Future of Public Health in the United States and the Education of Sanitarians (1922 : Washington, D.C.)Date: 1922
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Medical education and the midwife problem in the United States / J. Whitridge Williams.
Williams, J. Whitridge (John Whitridge), 1866-1931.Date: 1911- Books
Child health services and pediatric education / Report of the Committee for the Study of Child Health Services, The American Academy of Pediatrics, with the cooperation of the United States Public Health Service and the United States Children's Bureau.
American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee for the Study of Child Health Services.Date: 1949- Books
Current estimates from the health interview survey : United States - 1972 / U.S. Department of Health , Education, and Welfare ; National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.).
National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)Date: 1973