A short history of the early school health service in Western Australia 1906-1912
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Australian Journal of Child and Family Health Nursing
Publisher
Cambridge Media
School
School of Nursing and Midwifery
RAS ID
43668
Abstract
Background: Western Australia (WA) has provided a nearcontinuous public sector school health service since 1906, but that history has not previously been well described in the literature. Aim: The aim of this paper is to describe the first years of the WA school health service using publicly available primary sources. Methods: Digitised newspaper reports of the time were reviewed, together with original historical documents held by the WA State Records Office.
Findings: The people, events and circumstances that contributed to the WA school health service from its earliest beginnings in late 1905 to the formal establishment of the service in 1911 are described and the names of some of the first nurses who undertook school health work in 1911-1912 are recorded. Conclusion: This descriptive paper restores lost knowledge about the individuals and influences that existed at the earliest inception of the public sector school health service in WA.
DOI
10.33235/ajcfhn.18.2.13-18
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Moyes, A. (2021). A short history of the early school health service in Western Australia 1906-1912. Australian Journal of Child and Family Health Nursing, 18(2), 13-18. https://doi.org/10.33235/ajcfhn.18.2.13-18