Open AccessPUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND PRIVATE HEALTH AGENCIES
Author(s) -
Carl E. McCombs
Publication year - 1919
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.9.12.951
Subject(s) - officer , public health , work (physics) , health education , public relations , business , environmental health , public administration , political science , medicine , nursing , law , engineering , mechanical engineering
This author takes issue with Dr. Hill on the functions of health officers. He believes that they should undertake all kinds of public health work, that responsibility divided with private agencies will hurt the health officer's work, that public health education is necessary and that this must be conducted by the health officer if he is to fill adequately his sphere. Private agencies should bend their efforts to support the health officer.