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Stepping Stones, Stepping Stones, Stepping Stones, Logo: 2016 Photo: May 2011

A photograph of some of those involved with Stepping Stones, recognized with the "Stepping Up Award", a pastry platter designed by residents. This is…

Tags: Award, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Nonprofits, Stepping Stones, Support, Youth

Bain News Service, Stephen Smith, Founder of the American Public Health Association, Library of Congress, 1-Jan-14

Stephen Smith, a physician and attorney, served on the New York City's Metropolitan Health Board and founded the American Public Health Association in…

Tags: APHA, Health, Healthcare, Public Health, Stephen Smith

D.O. Hill, St Rollox Chemical, Published before Jan 1, 1925. Public domain in the United States, 30 September, 2006

The origins of the environmental movement lay in the response to increasing levels of smoke pollution in the atmosphere during the Industrial…

Tags: Alkali, Environment, Health, Legislation, Pollution, UK

Save the Children, Save the Children 1932-2012, Save the Children, 2008

Creating lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Quotation from: Save the Children Save…

Tags: Childhood, Children, Health, Public Health, Save the Children, STC, United States

The American Red Cross, Red Cross Volunteer Nurse's Aide, American Red Cross, 1941-1945

The American Red Cross created posters such as these to recruit volunteer nurses' aides. The caption reminds the viewer that "your help can save many…

Tags: American Red Cross, Blood Supply, Health, Nursing, Posters, Volunteerism

National Archives & National Library of Medicine, Public Health Posters, National Archives & National Library of Medicine, 1944 - First Picture, 1940s - Second Picture

In midcentury, public health groups took cues from the advertising industry to warn of various health risks. A retrospective of 20th-century health…

Tags: Advertising, Diseases, Flies, Health, Posters, Public Health, Syphilis

CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser, Polio Campaign, 1963, CDC, 1963

In 1961, oral polio vaccine (OPV) was invented by Dr Albert Sabin and introduced in the US. Sabin’s strategy was to give trivalent OPV to all children…

Tags: Albert Sabin, Campaign, Health, OPV, Polio, Public Health

David Battle, Peace Corps Volunteers, Peace Corps, 1972

The initial reactions to the Peace Corps proposal are convincing proof that we have, in this country, an immense reservoir of such men and…

Tags: AIDS, Community, Education, Health, JFK, Peace, Peace Corps, United States, Volunteerism

U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, No date given

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) was passed to prevent workers from being killed or seriously harmed at work. This law created…

Tags: Health, Labor, OSHA, Safety, Security

American Nurses Association, Nursing: The American Nurses Association Hall of Fame, American Nurses Association, No date given

This prestigious award recognizes an individual’s lifelong commitment to the field of nursing and its impact on the health and/or social history of…

Tags: Hall of Fame, Health, Nurses, Nursing, Public Service