Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Modern People's Health Since 1900 - Coggle Diagram
Modern People's Health Since 1900
Beliefs and values
Most people would turn to science not prayer to tackle illness
War challenged some religious beliefs
Some challenged religious beliefs
1986-Humanist Society formed
1948 - Declaration of Human Rights
Governments duty to improve peoples lives
Most people in Britain Christians
55% of children went to Sunday school
Lifestyle and leisure
1900: average job -54 hours per week
2000: Average job 39 hours plus holidays
Saturday/Sunday for leisure
Work and Wealth
1900 - Most people had physical jobs
Women stayed at home to do domestic jobs and look after childen
Increase in population put demands on welfare state
Farming still important
Population
1900: 37 million
2000: 58 million
HIV/AIDS
1970s- People stigmatised
1986: Public campaign - gave better understanding
1988; better acceptance
Science and technology
1960:Contraception Pill
Computers
Shared knowledge at speed
Easier to share information around the world
Cars and planes
Improvement in travel
Radio and cinemas
Led to improvement in communication
Antibiotics
Developments meant vaccines made quickly to tackle disease
Government and welfare
1948: NHS Created
1928: Every adult in Britain could vote
1906-11: Liberal party passed the liberal welfare reforms
Free school meals
Old age pension