History of Health Education & Health Promotion

During this period, expansion of health facilities was taking place.

County health departments established, one on Guilford County, North Carolina and the other in Yakitna County, Washington.

The American Cancer Society was founded in 1913 by 10 doctors and 5 laypeople in New York City. It was called the American Society for the Control of Cancer (ASCC).

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) is part of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was the first independent, degree-granting institution for research and training in public health.

The first preparation program for health educators begun in Columbia University by Thomas D. Wood, M.D.; considered father of health education.

Beginning time where government began involvement with health, this act provided support for state health departments and maternal/child support and respective facilities.