Explaining declines in US rural mortality, 1910–1933: the role of county health departments

L Hoehn-Velasco - Explorations in Economic History, 2018 - Elsevier
This study assesses the mortality decline associated with one of the first and most extensive
rural public health efforts in the United States. Between 1908 and 1933, county governments …

Rural health in the Progressive Era: revisiting the hookworm intervention in the American South

JF Fox, TN Grigoriadis - Journal of Rural Medicine, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objective: In this study, we investigated Progressive Era public health interventions and
connected two subsequent efforts to improve outcomes in the American South: the …