Berridge, Virginia. (2016). Public Health: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, United Kingdom. Retrieved from Oxford University Press.
When England became the first to industrialize, public health became more pertinent as the concerns for clean water and sanitation was essential. Focus within the public health field had previously been on the community as a whole, but during this time it grew to be more individually focused. The implementation of sanitation and clean water practices during the time of urban growth and industrialization improved the life expectancy of individuals and improved other areas of public health as well. Later, in the 19th century, cholera became an issue, and outbreaks lead to the beliefs that doctors wanted people to get sick with cholera so that they could be studied. These outbreaks led to trials of different public health methods, such as quarantine, which was ineffective. Again, poverty and low socioeconomic status was directly related to these cholera outbreaks, leading Britain to create Poor Laws which dealt with the lower class and issues surrounding those in that status. This type of disbelief in doctors and methods can be used in my research and related to my topic because there are some people today that are still against what science says, often rebelling against doctors and their recommendations.
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