Early Measures for School Hygiene in Greece: Between Nationalism and Modernization (1890-1920).

Early Measures for School Hygiene in Greece: Between Nationalism and Modernization (1890-1920). Can Bull Med Hist. 2017;34(1):146-178 Authors: Theodorou V, Karakatsani D Abstract Compared to other European and Balkan countries, the first institutions for the medical inspection of student health were established relatively late in Greece. Following several European and Balkan examples, Greek doctors and educators began an information campaign during the late 19(th) century to establish a School Medical Service. The Greek state's emerging interest in children's health was dependent upon a number of factors. Networks of experts played a considerable part in shaping a public discourse on childhood. National defeats generated a discourse that denounced the state's indifference to the degeneration of the younger generation. Finally, European paradigms may have influenced the establishment of the School Medical Service through the experiences gained abroad by doctors and high state officials. PMID: 28301215 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Medical History - Category: History of Medicine Authors: Tags: Can Bull Med Hist Source Type: research