1925 – Founder of ‘Kentucky committee for Mothers & Babies’, which later became Frontier Nursing Service (FNS).
Public Health; Women's Health
About This Innovation
* Breckinridge was the driving force behind rural health care & development of nurse midwives in rural America. * In 1925 she founded ‘Kentucky committee for Mothers & Babies’, which later became Frontier Nursing Service (FNS). This service drastically reduced infant & maternal mortality in Appalachia at a comparatively low cost. * In 1939 she established her own training school for midwives (Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery). * Breckinridge is credited with building the 1st modern comprehensive health care system in the US that focused on all aspects of a patient's wellbeing, as well as establishing professionalization programs for nursing care & midwifery.
The Invention
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Public Health; Women's Health
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