Public Health Nursing: A Timeline
AMA claims that PHN approach is outdated/VON winds back health promotion work
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion highlights the social determinants of health for the work of public health and marks the return to favour of earlier public health nursing approaches.
Labour law ruling on the work of health promotion and public health nursing
CNA calls for submission for research into best practice for public health nurses working in the school.
Florence Nightingale
writes "money would
be better spent in
maintaining health in
infancy and childhood
than in building
hospitals to cure disease."
1862
1990
1974
1994
1897
1984
1929
-1950
Late
2000's
2013
'Green Book' of public health nursing provides guidance on roles for public health nurses.
Lillian Wald establishes district nursing in the United States and advocates for child labor laws
Revisions and publication of manuals for the work of public health nurses by CHNC and CPHA
Lalonde report released. Behavioural approach to health promotion gains favour with public health nurses and matches the skills of nurses in health education and role modeling.