Epidemics of the Middle Ages.

1. What were the major epidemics of the Middle Ages? Why were they so feared? What factors contributed to their spread? What were some strategies people used to prevent these diseases?

2. Discuss the Renaissance and why it is important to the history of health and health care.

1. Who wrote the Report of the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts (1850)? Explain how this report was important to the history of both school health and public health.

2. Identify at least five major groups or events that forwarded school health programs.