HLTC17H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Public Health
Document Summary
Focus influences on the development of occupational therapy in canada from about 1890 to 1930. Factory worker -> working long hours at boring tasks under bad conditions. Emigration from the uk and europe to north america is increasing: these people also bring poverty in. People moving from rural to urban settings. Increases poverty: people leaving farm work for factory work or unemployment. The physically ill are considered to be incurable. Public health concerned with sewage & sterilization of milk for children. Role of women keep homes clean & free of disease. Mentally ill are ignored, even though they are housed in nice buildings. The change from agrarian to industrial societies, values appear to have eroded. Political activists seek reforms that will ensure good government and will address poverty, disease & illiteracy. 1911 the social democratic part of canada is founded.
