An intervention by the United States federal government to protect the health of its citizens was the establishment of the Marine Hospital Service, presently known as the Public Health Service. Its purpose was to:
1. Set policy on quarantine legislation for immigrants
2. Establish hospital-based programs to care for the sick at home
3. Establish and promote environmental interventions such as adequate housing and sanitation for urban cities
4. Provide health care for merchant seamen to protect seacoast ports and cities from epidemics
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Providing health care to seamen was an early effort by the federal government to improve public health. Its purpose was to secure its maritime trade and seacoast cities.
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