Images From The History Of The Public Health Service

Author : United States Public Health Service
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365243274
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Images From the History of the Public Health Service written by United States Public Health Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Images From the History of the Public Health Service: A Photographic Exhibit The photographic exhibit. "Images from the History of the Public Health Service," consists of 165 photographs depicting people involved in the work of the Public Health Service (PHS) over much of its long history. For the most part they are fleeting images frozen in time by the lens of the camera, but they are symbolic of much more - the spirit of a Federal agency whose mission focuses on care and service. The challenge of this exhibit was to capture through photographic images the rich texture of nearly 200 years of PHS history, the sense of excitement and discovery as well as dedication to service and duty in safeguarding the nation's health that inspired those who served and continue to serve in the PHS. We knew that our effort could not be comprehensive - only selective of some of the highlights of PHS history. We did not want an exhibit that was a mere chronology of events, famous people, and bureaucratic reorganizations. We wanted to capture some of the dynamism and excitement of the PHS which comes from its many missions and from the great variety of people who serve both in the Commissioned Corps and in the Civil Service. And so, we chose images which showed these people at work fulfilling their various missions. To preserve the richness of the history of the Public Health Service, the specific names and functions of the organizations mentioned in the captions are those in use when the images were created, not necessarily those in use today. Instead of an agency-by-agency approach, we chose six themes which describe in general the work of the PHS and the eight major agencies which make it up. The first theme of "Disease Control and Prevention" is one of the oldest functions of the PHS. Today it is primarily carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. "Biomedical Research" is mainly the domain of the National Institutes of Health. "Pure Foods and Drugs" are assured by the Food and Drug Administration. "Mental Health and Drug Abuse" is primarily the concern of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. "Health Care Delivery" is the major function of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Agency for Health Care Policy, and the Indian Health Service. The sixth theme of "International Health" combines the function of a number of PHS agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Within each of these broad themes we have chosen images which would illustrate certain specific public health missions, functions or goals of the organizational units involved and how they change over time. Again, the primary focus is on people at work, people helping people. People helping people is also how collaborative exhibits such as this one get done, and there are many people from many institutions to thank. Seeds for this exhibit were planted in the 1970s when Erna Landsiedel, of the PHS Parklawn Library (now retired), with the support and encouragement of Rupert Moure, then Director of the Administrative Services Center in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), and with the help of PHS photographer Walter Monroe, began collecting photographs and objects for a PHS history exhibit that, unfortunately, never came to fruition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com