Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewester-House of Henry street-most important services provided by
the nurses on the house on henry street.
a. Established house on henry street, in an area filled with homeless and unemployed
immigrants, lacking health care. Later known as the Visiting Nurse Association of New
York City. Established public health for the US.
b. Provided home visits, and patients paid carfare or a cursory fee.
c. Physicians were consultants to henry street, and visits were originated by calls to the
nurse either from the families or the doctors.
d. Focus was on meeting the health needs of the aggregates. Based on social, economic
and environmental determinants of health. Which empowered the community.
e. Role was helping people to help themselves. Through developing centers of social
action, that aimed to meet the needs of the community and the individual.
f. Lead to youth clubs, juvenile programs, sex ed for school teachers, and support
groups for immigrants. Also lead to foundation of school nursing, doing physical
assessments, minor infections treatment, and taught health to kids and parents.
g. Social care neglect was due to uninformed and uninterested public, and unaware
dept of public health.
h. Local assessments lead to physicians screening kids in school one hour a day.
i. Also created in home nursing.
j. Lead to formation of National Organization for Public Health Nursing
2. Needs assessment for a local community-best method to use when assessing water source in
community.
a. A community forum is best as it will present cultural ideas. Let you know the
importance of the water to the people, and how they need it.
3. Know OSHA act of 1970- what it represents.