Which of the following interventions was most helpful in assisting people become educated on healthful living in nineteenth-century England?
a. Brochures were distributed without charge in public places.
b. Health visitors joined nurses in providing care in the homes.
c. Nurses spent the majority of their time teaching families.
d. Schools set up health programs for neighborhood adults.
ANS: B
Health pamphlets alone had little effect, so health-visiting services enlisted home visitors to distribute health information to the poor. Eventually, although Nightingale thought district nurses should be the health teachers, district nurses provided care for the sick while the health visitor provided health information in the home.
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