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Babylonians - established the need for hygiene Egyptians - established pharmaceutical preparation, public drainage systems Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601 - established medical assistance for poor Public Health Service - provided health care for seamen and protected seacoast cities from epidemics *most important federal public health agency today Shattuck Report - established state health department and local health boards such as environmental sanitation Nightingale - improved soldiers' health outcomes using a population-based approach that strengthened environmental conditions and nursing care William Rathbone - founded first district nursing association in England *him and nightingale established district nursing and formalized training Settlement Houses - neighborhood centers that became hubs for healthcare, education, and social welfare programs Lillian Wald - established leader of public health nursing established henry street settlement American Red Cross - provided framework to initiate home nursing care in areas outside larger cities *Lillian Wald created (i think)Occupational Health Nursing - Ada Mayo Steward began working with employees and families of the Vermont Marble Company - free service for employees (obstetric care, sickness care, postsurgical care in workers home) Lina Rogers - first US school nurse found children were absent from school not only because of illness, but lack of shoes or clothing and malnourishment Mary Breckinridge - established frontier nursing focused on women's health geared toward improving the health care of the rural and inaccessible populations introduced first nurse midwives to the US Bessie Hawes - first person to receive scholarship for National Health Circle for Colored People built a health center for nursing care and treatment Nursing for the Future - Esther Lucile Brown recommended establishing basic nursing preparation colleges and universities Medicare - benefits for older adults Medicaid - increased care of the poor