peer reviewed article on the sickness and health in America

Leavitt, Judith Walzer., and Ronald L. Numbers. Sickness and Health in America: Readings in

the History of Medicine and Public Health. University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.

This chapter examines the history of the early workforce movements in the United States and how it has developed over the years. In the following years, unions became more active in fighting tuberculosis. They recognized that tuberculosis was prevalent among the poor and working class. This chapter presents some newspaper articles such as the Glass Worker’s to highlight some effective campaigns against tuberculosis. This chapter also examines how union campaigns using the media highlighted the importance of cleaning up the workplace and keeping the workplace healthy were seen as benefits to both the worker and the public. This chapter is relevant to my theme because it helps readers examine the impacts of media on the present and future workforce conditions with a sense of perspective and continuity. I will use this chapter to highlight how anti-tuberculosis societies relied on pamphlets, popular lectures, and newspaper articles to promote public awareness of the disease. On such accounts, I will show that the media has proven effective in influencing individual and societal behavior towards raising awareness of tuberculosis and transforming the U.S. workforce conditions.