Nursing with a Message by Patricia D'Antonio - 9780813571027

Nursing with a MessagePublic Health Demonstration Projects in New York City\nAuthor(s): Patricia D'Antonio\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813571027, 978-0813571027\nSynopsis\nMandated by the Affordable Care Act, public health demonstration projects have been touted as an innovative solution to the nations health care crisis. Yet, such projects actually have a long but little-known history, dating back to the 1920s. This groundbreaking new book reveals the key role that these local health programs-and the nurses who ran them-influenced how Americans perceived both their personal health choices and the well-being of their communities.\nNursing with a Message transports readers to New York City in the 1920s and 1930s, charting the rise and fall of two community health centers, in the neighborhoods of East Harlem and Bellevue-Yorkville. Award-winning historian Patricia DAntonio examines the day-to-da.