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A Study Of The One Family Disaster Program, Louisville Chapter, American Red Cross, 1947., Margaret Veeder Kirk Jun 1948

A Study Of The One Family Disaster Program, Louisville Chapter, American Red Cross, 1947., Margaret Veeder Kirk

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In 1864, the Red Cross was born by the signing of the Treaty of Geneva. It was to become the only great international organization of its kind to relieve suffering during times of war. The founders had advanced the idea that relief in time of epidemics and disaster would be equally valuable, but this idea was not incorporated in the treaty. When the Congress of the United States ratified the treaty, service and relief in time of epidemics and disasters was included with the permission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva. Although the Red Cross in …

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A Study Of One Hundred And Forty King's Daughters Home For Incurables Applicants Served By Family Service Organization, January 1, 1946-December 31, 1947., Elizabeth Conder Lewis Jun 1948

A Study Of One Hundred And Forty King's Daughters Home For Incurables Applicants Served By Family Service Organization, January 1, 1946-December 31, 1947., Elizabeth Conder Lewis

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Purpose of the Study: Due to the resignation of Miss Nettie Smith, a board member of The King's Daughters Home for Incurables, Louisville, Kentucky, who was paid on a part time basis to do social work for the Home, the board members requested help from the Community Chest in finding someone to continue the work that Miss Smith had been doing for the Home. Due to the shortage of medical social workers in the community, the Community Chest suggested that the board request the Family Service Organization to continue with the services which Miss Smith had been performing. After discussions …

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A Study Of The Social Adjustment Of Twenty-Eight Children With Epileptic Seizures And Predisposition To Convulsions In The Louisville And Jefferson County Children's Home 1937-1948., Elizabeth Whitcomb Brown Jun 1948

A Study Of The Social Adjustment Of Twenty-Eight Children With Epileptic Seizures And Predisposition To Convulsions In The Louisville And Jefferson County Children's Home 1937-1948., Elizabeth Whitcomb Brown

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This study is an attempt to understand the social adjustment or epileptic children and those with a predisposition to convulsions in the Louisville and Jefferson County Children's Home. The writer proposes to show what these children were like, why they were committed to the agency, what their problems were, and what kind of an adjustment they were able to make within the agency.

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A Study Of Fifty Epileptic Children., Jean M. Dockhorn Jun 1948

A Study Of Fifty Epileptic Children., Jean M. Dockhorn

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This study has been fostered by developments in three fields of endeavor, each of which has contributed directly to the writer's approach to the subject and the conclusions which will be made. First is the trend in medical care toward the recognition'of the fact that particular illnesses imply particular problems and necessitate specific forms of medical and social treatment with these ideas in mind and to provide the recommended treatment specialized programs have been developed and purposive organizations founded. Also, during the past ten years medical research has provided a much better understanding of epilepsy, its implications, and methods of …

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A Study Of Child Health Facilities In Kentucky., Jess L. Cusick Jun 1948

A Study Of Child Health Facilities In Kentucky., Jess L. Cusick

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This study had its beginning in 1944 when the American Academy of Pediatrics passed a resolution "to make available to all mothers and children of the United states all essential preventive, diagnostic and curative services of high quality which used in cooperation with other services for children will make this country an ideal place for children to grow into responsible citizens." They realized that the first requisite to accomplishing their objective was a comprehensive knowledge of available facilities. They initiated a national survey of child health facilities through the various state Academies and Societies of Pediatrics. Dr. W. W. Nicholson, …

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A Study Of Prematurely And Routinely Discharged Patients From Louisville General Hospital In 1946., Ruth Coleman Davidson May 1948

A Study Of Prematurely And Routinely Discharged Patients From Louisville General Hospital In 1946., Ruth Coleman Davidson

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In July 1946 the Board of Health of Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky, announced its decision to curtail services of the public health department serving the metropolitan area surrounding and including Louisville, and the outlying agricultural region in the rural part of Jefferson County. In the past decade the combined health department for Louisville and for Jefferson County had accomplished much for the health needs of the citizens of the community. The close association, as a teaching hospital, with the University of Louisville Medical School, had helped General Hospital, the former municipal hospital known as City Hospital to become a …

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The Development Of Professional Education For Social Work At The Raymond A. Kent School Of Social Work Of The University Of Louisville, 1918-1946., Maurice L. Kohnhorst Jan 1948

The Development Of Professional Education For Social Work At The Raymond A. Kent School Of Social Work Of The University Of Louisville, 1918-1946., Maurice L. Kohnhorst

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It would be impossible to single out any individual or group and give credit tor the development of the Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work. There are names which bring to mind real achievement and tremendous effort in the field which they had chosen and to which they had dedicated their service; names which lived through years of discouragement and disillusionment; names which perhaps have been forgotten with the passage of time but played vital roles in different periods of the development of the school. This, therefore, is not an account of things happening, but in reality, an account …

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The Place Of Rehabilitation In The Home For Incurables : A Study Of One Hundred Patients In The King's Daughters' Home For Incurables, Louisville, Kentucky, December 31, 1947., Gretna Lillian Brown Jan 1948

The Place Of Rehabilitation In The Home For Incurables : A Study Of One Hundred Patients In The King's Daughters' Home For Incurables, Louisville, Kentucky, December 31, 1947., Gretna Lillian Brown

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Since 1909, the King's Daughters' Home for Incurables in Louisville, Kentucky, has provided institutional care for physically handicapped persons who are residents of Kentucky. A hospital survey done by the Kentucky State Board of Health in 1945-46 classified the Home as a "custodial-type institution", and did not include it in the survey, as it was not considered a hospital. Surveys on phases of the work of the institution were done in 1914 (Haven Emerson Survey) and in 1940 (Health and Welfare Council Survey) for administrative purposes. This year the work of the Home has provided the material for three theses …

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The Administration Of The Lotta Fund For Aiding Discharged Convicts At The Family Service Organization, Louisville, Kentucky, 1931-1946., Cora Graf Lucas Jan 1948

The Administration Of The Lotta Fund For Aiding Discharged Convicts At The Family Service Organization, Louisville, Kentucky, 1931-1946., Cora Graf Lucas

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A beautiful and successful actress, Lotta Crabtree, included as part of her will, the following statement: "I have given much thought to the sad conditions of those who may have erred in life, both men and women, who suffered punishment therefore in our state prisons and reformatories, and who find themselves after their release in an almost helpless condition in which to begin the world anew." To express the interest Inherent in this statement she bequeathed to her trustees the sum of $100,000, the income from which would be for the purpose of aidlng discharged convicts. As soon as the …

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Mediation, Conciliation And Arbitration Of Labor Disputes On The Federal, State, And Local Level., Benjamin F. Browning Jan 1948

Mediation, Conciliation And Arbitration Of Labor Disputes On The Federal, State, And Local Level., Benjamin F. Browning

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A Study Of Veterans Readmitted To Nichols Veterans Administration Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, After Having Been Discharged "Improved" And Received "Maximum Hospital Benefits" From April Through December, 1946., Jeanne Lacourse May 1947

A Study Of Veterans Readmitted To Nichols Veterans Administration Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, After Having Been Discharged "Improved" And Received "Maximum Hospital Benefits" From April Through December, 1946., Jeanne Lacourse

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This is a study of patients readmitted to Nichols Veterans Administration Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky during the period of April through December of 1946. This particular project was undertaken because on general observation, there appeared to be an unusual number of patients being readmitted to the hospital after having received "maximum hospital benefits" at a previous hospital admission and having been discharged "improved". To bear out this observation, a sample study was made over a ten day period and it was found that 14 percent of all the patients being admitted were readmissions. Since this was true, the question arose …

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A Study Of Forty-Four Syphilitic Patients Under Treatment At The Louisville Rapid Treatment Center From March 1, 1947 To April 15, 1947., Judith Torregrosa Jan 1947

A Study Of Forty-Four Syphilitic Patients Under Treatment At The Louisville Rapid Treatment Center From March 1, 1947 To April 15, 1947., Judith Torregrosa

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Home Service Department, Louisville Chapter, American Red Cross., Sylvia Hirschfeld Jan 1947

Home Service Department, Louisville Chapter, American Red Cross., Sylvia Hirschfeld

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A Study In Elementary Schools In 1946 Of Twenty-Six Children Who Attended Mental Hygiene Clinic Nursery School, Louisville, Kentucky In 1939-1942., Ann Coleman Dec 1946

A Study In Elementary Schools In 1946 Of Twenty-Six Children Who Attended Mental Hygiene Clinic Nursery School, Louisville, Kentucky In 1939-1942., Ann Coleman

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This study is an attempt to follow the development of the group of children who attended the Mental Hygiene Clinic Nursery School of Louisville, Kentucky in its first three years, September, 1939 through May, 1942. The children were studied on a comparative basis of their behavior in the two school situations - nursery school in 1939-1942 and elementary school in 1946. The study not only considers the child's behavior in the classroom, but also attempts to evaluate the effects at personality and environmental influences upon the child's school adjustment - his health, conditions in the home, and mental development. The …

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The Problem Of The Chronically Ill In Louisville, Kentucky, 1946., Dinard S. Carr May 1946

The Problem Of The Chronically Ill In Louisville, Kentucky, 1946., Dinard S. Carr

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Although the problems and implications of chronic illness will be discussed in their broader outlines, the purpose of this study is to see more specifically how chronic illness affects a particular group of patients. The questions, what are the problems and the needs of the chronically ill, what is the community doing to meet those needs, what are the facilities and what should they be, will be related to a representative sample of Louisville General Hospital patients. Many civic groups in Louisville have been articulate in expressing the need for planning for better convalescent and chronic care, among them the …

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A Study Of German-Austrian Refugees In Louisville, Kentucky., Lina K. Wolff Jan 1945

A Study Of German-Austrian Refugees In Louisville, Kentucky., Lina K. Wolff

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This paper will deal with the adjustment of refugees in an American middle-sized city, Louisville, Kentucky. It will attempt to touch the background and past of the group, but it will be pointed to a question which indeed is vital to each refugee: What does he make of his life after immigration? Can what was in origin compulsory, become constructive for the future? Will America for him be more than a haven of refuge after a harassing persecution - will it be a home for him and his children? And the answer to these questions is inextricably tied up with …

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History And Development Of The Mental Hygiene Clinic Of Louisville, Kentucky., Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien Jun 1944

History And Development Of The Mental Hygiene Clinic Of Louisville, Kentucky., Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien

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Interest in the field of Mental Hygiene and psychiatry has been stimulated by tensions of World War II. As in other communities there are mental hygiene and psychiatric facilities in Louisville. Kentucky. Since there is no available history compiled of this development such a study seems especially valuable at this time. How the community has gone about meeting the needs in this area of work in the past may be seen through such a study and may in turn prove a guide for future planning. The purpose of this dissertation is to trace the history and development of the Louisville …

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A Study Of Forty-Three Patients Who Left Waverly Hills Sanatorium Against The Doctor's Advice During The Period September 1 Through December 31, 1942., Frances Fanelli Jun 1944

A Study Of Forty-Three Patients Who Left Waverly Hills Sanatorium Against The Doctor's Advice During The Period September 1 Through December 31, 1942., Frances Fanelli

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Why do patients leave tuberculosis sanatoria against the doctor's advice? This study of home conditions of patients who left Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Waverly Hills, Kentucky, against the doctor's advice is an attempt to answer that question. We believed that by studying data regarding age, sex, occupation and marital status of the patients who left against the doctor's advice, the Sanatorium and the community could come to some understanding of the reasons for the patient's actions. How many patients were leaving against the doctor's advice? What was the size of the problem? Did these patients have active or arrested cases of …

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A History Of The Financing Of The Private Family Agency, Louisville, Kentucky., Verna Schwab Will Jun 1944

A History Of The Financing Of The Private Family Agency, Louisville, Kentucky., Verna Schwab Will

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Finances play an important part in the operation of any business or organization. Quite often, it is a part that is little understood or studied except by the specialists in the financial field. A large proportion of the general public pays little more than a passing glance at the published financial papers of an organization. Particularly is this true of the welfare or social service organizations. Yet such agencies are usually the ones which come in for a greater share of criticism in connection with the expenditure of money. The purpose of this study, however, is not to attempt to …

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A Follow-Up Study Of Thirty Eight Single Unmarried Mothers., Rose Migdal Apr 1944

A Follow-Up Study Of Thirty Eight Single Unmarried Mothers., Rose Migdal

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This study of thirty eight unmarried mothers known to the Children's Agency of Louisville, Kentucky is an attempt to find out what happens to these girls after the agency has terminated its contact with them. The study is not concerned with the problem of unmarried motherhood as such, but rather with the individual girl who gives birth to a child out of wedlock. The study, further, is not concerned with causal factors, the why and wherefore but rather with those conditions which brought the girl to a social agency when she finds that either she cannot help herself or her …

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The History Of The National Youth Administration In Kentucky., Margaret Ruth Hopper Jan 1944

The History Of The National Youth Administration In Kentucky., Margaret Ruth Hopper

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Under The Blazing Sun : A Unit Of Work In Social Studies For The Fourth Grade., Virginia H. Franklyn Jan 1944

Under The Blazing Sun : A Unit Of Work In Social Studies For The Fourth Grade., Virginia H. Franklyn

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Changing Philosophy Of Child Care In The Louisville And Jefferson County Children's Home, 1854-1943., Helen Hardwicke Sherrill Jan 1944

Changing Philosophy Of Child Care In The Louisville And Jefferson County Children's Home, 1854-1943., Helen Hardwicke Sherrill

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A History Of The Council Of Social Agencies Of Louisville, Kentucky., Mary Trueheart Williamson Nov 1943

A History Of The Council Of Social Agencies Of Louisville, Kentucky., Mary Trueheart Williamson

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Community social planning has recently received the spotlight of attention under the impacts of war and its related demands for a united nation and community. But to those who have had a more intimate contact with the field of social work this is not a new development. For more than twenty years there has been in urban areas a steady growth of organizations known as councils of social agencies, welfare councils, or community councils whose job it has been to coordinate and plan the social welfare programs for the communities of which they are a part. As in other cities, …

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Convalescent Care In Louisville, Kentucky., Grace B. Caswell Oct 1943

Convalescent Care In Louisville, Kentucky., Grace B. Caswell

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This study is undertaken to survey and evaluate the adequacy of convalescent facilities available for indigent persons who have been under the care of the surgical service at the Louisville General Hospital. The adequacy of convalescent care will be measured first, in relation to its scope, second, in relation to its help to the patients, and third, in its interaction with other community agencies. The study is prompted by the recognition of the fact that convalescence is a sadly neglected field of medical care. Convalescence will be defined for the purposes of this study as the more or less gradual …

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Adoption Procedures And Practices In Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1941., Ruby Arnold Dennis Jun 1943

Adoption Procedures And Practices In Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1941., Ruby Arnold Dennis

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This study is an attempt to evaluate the procedure employed in the adoption of children in Kentucky since the enactment of the new adoption law in June, 1940, which made mandatory a social investigation during the sixty-day period required between the date of the filing of the petition and the date of the court hearing. It aims (1) to examine the operations of the Kentucky law in the area of Jefferson County tor which the records were made available by the State Department of Welfare, Child Welfare Division, Frankfort, Kentucky, and (2) to measure the local procedure by the standard …

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A Study Of Day Care Particularly In Reference To Louisville, Kentucky., Nancy Lee Johnson Jun 1943

A Study Of Day Care Particularly In Reference To Louisville, Kentucky., Nancy Lee Johnson

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A problem of great concern to many communities in the United States is that of day care of children of working mothers. Since the beginning of the defense program and particularly after the United States entered the war, wide publicity has been given to the problem of children left without supervision while their mothers worked. Communities that were affected by increases in population began to establish committees to cope with the situation. Numerous surveys were conducted in an attempt to measure the adequacy of existing facilities and the extent of the need for additional day care centers. Congressional action made …

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A Study Of Twenty-Eight Working Mothers And Their Problems., Marianna E. Lawson May 1943

A Study Of Twenty-Eight Working Mothers And Their Problems., Marianna E. Lawson

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What are the problems of working mothers was the question that was uppermost in our minds when we began our study of twenty-eight working mothers and their families. We felt that through examining data regarding ages, occupation, education, marital status, number of dependents, et cetera that we would be able to ascertain at once some of the difficulties these mothers were facing. We wanted to know how much of the financial burden the mother carried and whether she was showing any signs of strain because of her double duties of wage earner and housekeeper. What help did she have from …

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The Rise And Effect Of Social Organizations In Louisiana During Reconstruction, Berenice C. Allain Jan 1943

The Rise And Effect Of Social Organizations In Louisiana During Reconstruction, Berenice C. Allain

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An Investigation Into The Need And The Use Of Patriotic Holiday Reading Material In The Primary Grades., Mary Walker Barnard 1906-1996 Jan 1943

An Investigation Into The Need And The Use Of Patriotic Holiday Reading Material In The Primary Grades., Mary Walker Barnard 1906-1996

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