Public Healing

The health movement was a phenomena happening in many parts of the world. When studying the era, there’s a tendency to focus more on a more local perspective; understandably given that there was a 40% increase in focus on public health in the US almanac[1]. The move in focus essentially showed that there was a problem the public was aware of, and willing change.  What we have come to learn is that the same social health measures that were taken in the US to treat preventable deaths was also happening in places like Britain, France, Germany, etc.[2]. The voice for change on knowledge of citizens’ health in the US was part of an encompassing push for public health awareness in many corners of the Western world. This was seen in many parts of the world when there was a shift from the discussion around health being private matter to being something that was socially acceptable as public issue[3]. This approach was geared towards the belief that one's health concerns were disclosed as a public matter, it would encourage individuals to take action and reduce mortality rates.