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Abstract
When Women and Children Made the Policy Agenda
One hundred years ago, the Sheppard–Towner Maternity and Infancy Protection Act launched a striking policy experiment. Had the program survived, the country might have developed a model for promoting child health that integrated preventive care with social services.
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Title
When Women and Children Made the Policy Agenda — The Sheppard–Towner Act, 100 Years Later
Author
Baker, Jeffrey P 1
1 From the Departments of Pediatrics and History and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
1 From the Departments of Pediatrics and History and the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
Pages
1827-1829
Section
Perspective
History of Medicine
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Nov 11, 2021
Website
ISSN
00284793
e-ISSN
15334406
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2596073872
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