title: Early Measures for School Hygiene in Greece: Between Nationalism and Modernization (1890-1920).
abstract: Compared to other European and Balkan countries, the first institutions for the medical inspection of student health were established relatively late in Greece. Following several European and Balkan examples, Greek doctors and educators began an information campaign during the late 19thcentury to establish a School Medical Service. The Greek state's emerging interest in children's health was dependent upon a number of factors. Networks of experts played a considerable part in shaping a public discourse on childhood. National defeats generated a discourse that denounced the state's indifference to the degeneration of the younger generation. Finally, European paradigms may have influenced the establishment of the School Medical Service through the experiences gained abroad by doctors and high state officials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Level Education, Democritus University of Thrace.
authors.forename: Vassiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Theodorou
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Education Policy, University of Peloponnese.
authors.forename: Despina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karakatsani
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D000067576:Child Health; D006115:Greece; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D012572:School Health Services / Q000266:history*; D012574:Schools; D012922:Social Change
keywords: Greece; bâtiments scolaires; childhood; degeneration; dégénération nationale; enfance; health; inspection médicale scolaire; santé; school architecture and design; school hygiene; school medical inspection