Women--Health and hygiene; Women; Nurses; Medical instruments and apparatus; Maternal health services; Blood pressure--Measurement; African Americans; African American women; New York (N.Y.); Boone, Louise
Format
photographs
Genre
photographs
Date
circa 1944
Note
From Moton Health Center Album (about 1944) At that time segregated. Mrs. Louise Boone is the Public Health Nurse - later Supervisor, CSS East Harlem Health Service.
Annotation on back: M.H.C. #68
THE NURSING VISIT AS A SUPPLEMENT TO MEDICAL SUPERVISION Periodically, between Mrs. Jackson's visits to the clinic, the nurse conducts a complete ante-partal nursing visit, teaching the mother the hygiene of pregnancy and preparation or home delivery, and keeping careful check on blood pressure.