FNP 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ellen Swallow Richards, Biomedical Model, Public Health
12 Apr 2016
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Importance to understand history of nutriion those who worked before us afected what we know today. Fish in the ecosystem is similar to how we deine ish today. So we know what services to ofer. John snow london 1854 father of public health and epidemiology. He knew people were coming to the well to wash dishes and diapers. He noiced a trend in the areas of london where the deaths were occurring the start of epidemiology. They thought he was crazy, so he removed the handle from the pump and they stopped dying. Home economics about scieniic housekeeping, the more sanitary you are at home, you will see a posiive impact on your health. Lake placid conference women came together interested in home sanitaion. Ellen swallow richards (late 1880s-early 1900s) scieniic housekeeping: home sanitaion, food prep, but also germ theory . Young people and babies were dying from infecions typhoid fever, scarlet fever, etc.
