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NURS 316 /NUPR 316 Family and Community Health Nursing: History of Public Health in The Bahamas

Includes resources for the Community Health Nursing diploma programme

History of Public Health - Bahamas

Public Health Services / Community Health History

Bahamas School of Nursing. (1991). Community Health Nursing Programme. In Institutional self-study (p. 6). [Author]. https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/06/29/52/00001/ISS%20complete.pdf Call Number: LB2331 B33 1991

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Disposal of Refuse. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (pp. 54-56). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Leper Asylum. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (p. 26). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Quarantine. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (p. 31-32). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Sanitary inspectors. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (p. 19-20). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Water supply. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (p. 45-49). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Ministry of Health. (1988). Community Health Service procedure manual appendix. Call Number:  RA455 B27 1988

Craton, M. (2007). Water supplies. In A-Z of Bahamas heritage (pp. 356, 390-91). Macmillan Caribbean. Call Number: REF F1656 C713 2007

Fresh water access move in Pinewood. (2017, February 6). The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2017/feb/06/fresh-water-access-move-pinewood/

Look at the refuse spread all throughout the St. Cecilia community – Da Ghetto. (2011, September 2) http://bahamaspress.com/2011/09/02/look-at-the-refuse-spread-all-throughout-the-st-cecilia-community-da-ghetto/

McKenzie, N. (2015, April 23). Dorsett: Govt to bring regulations after Rubis spill. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/apr/23/dorsett-govt-bring-regulations-after-rubis-spill/

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Quarantine section. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp.42, 44, 46, 99). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Water & Sewage Corp. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp.65-66). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Russell, K. (2019, July 17). Extra $15m for clinic upgrades, says Sands. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2019/jul/17/extra-15m-for-clinic-upgrades-says-sands/

Scavella, N. (2014, October 10). WSC takes heat for leak. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2014/oct/10/wsc-takes-heat-for-leak/

Scavella, N. (2015, April 24). Dorsett criticized for his ‘failure’ to address fuel leak. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/apr/23/dorsett-criticised-his-failure-address-fuel-leak/

Scavella, N. (2017, March 2). Yamacraw property prices ‘decreasing’ due to ‘mountains of garbage’.  The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2017/mar/02/yamacraw-property-prices-decreasing-due-mountains-/

Smith, L. (2010). Historical perspective on Bahamian healthcare. http:// http://www.bahamapundit.com/2010/11/historical-perspective-on-bahamian-healthcare.html

Ministry of Health and Environment. (1994). Survey of community knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding environmental sanitation and vector control in a selected area of New Providence, Bahamas, 1993. Call Number: HBL Main RA566.5 B26 B27 1994

Thompson, J. M. (1992). The evolution of nursing and its impact on health education and community health in the Bahamas. Sonz. Call Number: RT7 B27 B68 1993

Turnquest, A. (2013, May 27). Current drainage 'maxed out' in areas such as Pinewood. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2013/may/27/current-drainage-maxed-out-in-areas-such-as/

Wells, R. (2015, April 22). Fitzgerald urges residents to sue Rubis over spill. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/apr/22/fitzgerald-urges-residents-sue-rubis-over-spill/

Wells, R. (2016). Deputy PM says assessment efforts under way. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2016/oct/08/deputy-pm-says-assessment-efforts-under-way/

WSC to provide long awaited water service in Pinewood Gardens. (2016). http://www.bahamasb2b.com/news/2016/03/wsc-to-provide-long-awaited-water-service-in-pinewood-gardens-148975.html

Public Health Diseases

 

Adderley, M. (2018, January 31). Minister of Health responds to reported case of TB at the University. The Tribune.  http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/jan/31/minister-of-health-responds-to-reported-case-of/

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Communicable diseases. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (pp. 56-66). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Dengue fever. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (p. 64). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Dysentery. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (p. 60). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Malaria. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (pp.61-64). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Smallpox. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (p. 65). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Tuberculosis. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (pp. 64-65). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Beveridge, W. W. O. (1927). Typhoid. In Report on the public health and on medical conditions in New Providence, Bahama Island (pp. 56-60). Waterlow & Sons. Call Number: RA407.5 B3 B49 1927

Bonimy, N. P. (1982). The epidemiology of pulmonary tuberculosis in the Bahamas from 1965-1981. (Thesis). University of the West Indies. Call Number: RA644 T7 B65 1982

Craton, M. (2007). Cholera. In A-Z of Bahamas heritage (p. 82). Macmillan Caribbean. Call Number: REF F1656 C713 2007

Craton, M. (2007). Disease. In A-Z of Bahamas heritage (pp. 120-121). Macmillan Caribbean. Call Number: REF F1656 C713 2007

Craton, M. (2007). Typhoid. In A-Z of Bahamas heritage (p. 382). Macmillan Caribbean. Call Number: REF F1656 C713 2007

Craton, M. & Saunders, G. (1992). Disease. In Islanders in the stream: A history of the Bahamian people (pp. 39-40, 52-53, 55, 123, 137, 144, 220, 263, 294, 314-16). University of Georgia Press. Call Number: F1656 C72 1992 v.1

Glinton, T. (2018, February 9). Six TB cases at Garvin Tynes School. The Nassau Guardian. https://thenassauguardian.com/2018/02/09/six-tb-cases-at-garvin-tynes-school/

Jones, R. (2015, February 6). Another school closed due to scabies. The Nassau Guardian. https://thenassauguardian.com/2015/02/06/another-school-closed-due-to-scabies/

Munnings, H.A. (2009). The Beveridge Report. In Princess Margaret Hospital: The story of a Bahamian institution. (2nd ed.) (p. 42). Xlibris Corporation. Call Number: RA984 B24 M96 2009

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Child health and sanitation. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 52-58). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Cholera. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 33, 35-39, 120, 134, 185, 202). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Dengue fever and malaria. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 66-70). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Diphtheria. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 21, 44-45, 49, 120, 150-151). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). DOTS. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 90-91, 226). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Dysentery. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 30, 33, 57, 62-63, 93-94, 120, 202). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Leprosy. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 70-73). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Malaria. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 30, 39-41, 68-70, 120, 184, 190, 220). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Syphilis. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp.30, 50, 51, 125, 156,196). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Tetanus. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 49, 95, 113, 198). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Tourism and typhoid fever. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 58-66). Media. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Tuberculosis and AIDS. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 76-87). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Munnings, H. A. (2014). Yellow fever. In Healthcare in The Bahamas: 200 years of growth and development (pp. 21, 38, 40-44, 66-67, 185). Media Enterprises. Call Number: B RA456 B24 M85 2014

Rolle, R. (2015, February 2). Scabies confirmed at D.W. Davis Junior High. The Tribune. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/feb/02/scabies-confirmed-dw-davis-junior-high/

Smith, S. (2017). Sands: More TB cases detected. (2017). The Nassau Guardian. https://thenassauguardian.com/2017/11/29/sands%E2%80%88more-tb%E2%80%88cases-detected/

Students screened for TB. (2017). The Bahama Journal. http://http://jonesbahamas.com/students-screened-for-tb/