Harvard School of Public Health - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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That Word.. “Health Dr. William M. Schmidt, Chairman From time to time people have questioned the validity of the traditional term, Maternal and Child Health.’’ A broader interest is indicated by such things as the Family Health Study, which was conducted by Dr. Stuart, and other interests of this Department, such as the Study of Children of Hospitalized Parents, and the longitudinal studies of health and development which are now being focused on young adults. Perhaps MCH is too limiting a designation despite the tradition. Even the H” for Health in MCH is open to criticism since the preservation of health is pretty much a matter of attempts to prevent illness or injury or to mitigate their con¬ sequences in children. This is obvious in under¬ developed countries and in rural and urban slums in the U.S.A., and is the object of study by the department in research efforts in Boston and the surrounding area. Left to right —Dr. Derek Robinson, Dr. Leon Sternfeld, Miss Elizabeth Rice, Miss Olivia Brum, Dr. Benjamin Sachs, Mrs. Ruth Cowin, Miss Helen Cohn, Miss Margaret Carney, Mrs. Grace Cruickshank, Dr. William M. Schmidt, and Dr. Isabelle Valadian. 13

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XsSSr AATERNAL AMD CHILB HEALTH

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CHILDREN ' S RESEARCH PROJECT Standing —Mrs. Phyllis Paskauskas, Dr. Leo Miller, Mrs. Charlyne Costin. Sitting —Mrs. Elinann Reynolds. Dr. Sylvia Krakow, Miss Miriam Ekdahl. Maternal and Child Health is usually the first of the personal health services to be introduced in countries developing their health programs, and the study of these programs in Puerto Rico is part of the curriculum designed to improve student understanding of the problems of their establish¬ ment. Further, it is still a major part of the heal.h services in any health department in this country because of the need to reduce maternal morality, infant mortality, and the conditions leading to handicaps, as well as to provide, in cooperation with other public and volutary agencies, coordina¬ tion of services. The full- and part-time faculty and staff include individuals from the fields of pediatrics, obstetrics, family planning, social work, and nursing, so that consideration may be given to various aspects of deterrents to health within the large groups of the population with which the department is con¬ cerned. Dr. William M. Schmid r That Damned Word Health, I. Gordon, Lancet 2:638-693, Sept. 20, 1958. STUDENTS, DEPARTMENT MEMBERS AND HEALTH OFFICIALS IN PUERTO RICO