THE FOUNDER AND FIRST PRESIDENT of the American Public Health Association, Dr.
Stephen Smith, de-clared at its first annual meeting in 1873 that" the science which we …

THE frequently heard assumption that Ta high morbidity rate in a community connotes
deficient health care would seem plausible. In studying this assumption, however, I have …

smallpox and yellow fever have, possibly because of their horrible developments, been
sufficientlyfear-inspiring to provoke extraordinary measures. I doubt, however, whether they …

EPIDEMIOLOGY, AS A METHODOLOGY and as a body of knowledge, was developed in
response to the community's or society's concerns with health problems, particularly to …

IN PUBLIC HEALTH, as in most fields, morale and job satisfaction rise when goals can be
defined clearly. When we can also gauge success in reaching these goals, usually termed" …

The Institute of Medicine (10M), part of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), released
the results of a study entitled The Future ofPublic Health (1988). The report suggests that the …

It takes little prescience to recognize that there exist in the world today three basic systems of
medical care: public assistance, health insurance, and national health service. These in turn …

The history of health planning in Latin America as an organized and defined activity goes
back to 1961. Prior to that time there had been a growing awareness of the need to …

IN President Johnson's Special Message to Congress on Education and Health one year
ago, he stated our national goal as" Good health for every citizen to the country's capacity to …

On the assumption that it is impossible to understand the present without knowing the past,
allow me to make a very brief historicalreview of the changes in the state of health of our …