title: The Howard Association of New Orleans--precursor to district nursing.
abstract: Although philanthropist William Rathbone is generally recognized as the founder of district nursing (in Liverpool, England, in 1859), the Howard Association of New Orleans actually began to use a pattern of district nursing 26 years earlier as a response to yellow fever epidemics. Concepts brought forth by the association included dividing the city into districts; teaching preventive measures; using community members to locate those needing assistance; and caring for the sick in their homes, utilizing nurses when the need arose.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hanggi-Myers
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D008145:Louisiana; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000266:history*; D014837:Voluntary Health Agencies / Q000266:history*; D015004:Yellow Fever / Q000266:history / Q000451:nursing