Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Studies in American Political Development
First Page
125
Last Page
162
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0898588X12000107
Abstract
This article analyzes the emergence of national public health capacity in the United States. Tracing the transformation of the federal government's role in public health from the 1910s through the emergence of the CDC during World War II, I argue that national public health capacity emerged, to a great extent, out of the attempts of government officials to deal with the problem of tropical disease within the southern United States during periods of mobilization for war.
Disciplines
Political Science | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Publication Date
10-1-2012
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Sledge, Daniel, "War, Tropical Disease, and the Emergence of National Public Health Capacity in the United States" (2012). Political Science Faculty Publications. 5.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/politicalscience_facpubs/5