The Kilburn connection : public health nursing education and the child guidance clinics in British Columbia 1932-1950

Melissa Suzuki

Summary

Content type	Content type Digital Document
Collection(s)	Collection(s) TWU Thesis Collection
Resource Type	Resource Type Text
Genre	Genre thesis

Origin Information

Date Created/Date Issued	2013
Publisher	Trinity Western University
Issuance	monographic

Persons and Affiliations

Persons	Author (aut): Suzuki, Melissa Thesis advisor (ths): Grypma, Sonya Degree committee member (dgc): Boschma, Geertje Degree committee member (dgc): Astle, Barbara
Organizations	Degree granting institution (dgg): Trinity Western University. SGS

Abstract/Description

Abstract

Mental Hygiene emphasized mental illness prevention and mental health promotion. In British Columbia, Child Guidance Clinics (CGC) were established to promote mental hygiene among children. This study draws from institutional records on the CGC from Riverview Hospital archives (1932-1950). Using nurse and social worker Josephine Kilburn as a central figure, it explores linkages between the CGCs and public health nursing education at UBC, as well as the role of nursing in the mental hygiene movement. The study highlights how nursing has been taken for granted in the mental hygiene movement, as well as how nursing and social work identities were interconnected. Josephine Kilburn found ways to use both her nursing and social work identities to advantage, working across institutional boundaries at the CGC and UBC School of Nursing. Working within established social hierarchies Kilburn’s work reveals changing priorities and approaches to mental health over the course of twenty years.

Language

English

Institutional Affiliation

Degree Name	Degree Name Master of Science
Degree Level	Degree Level Masters
Department	Department Nursing
Institution	Institution Trinity Western University

Physical Description

Physical Form	Physical Form electronic electronic

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Use and Reproduction	Use and Reproduction author
Rights Statement	Rights Statement IN COPYRIGHT

Subjects and Classifications

Subject Topic	Subject Topic British Columbia Mainland Travelling Child Guidance Clinic. Psychiatric social work. Child guidance clinics. Child mental health services -- British Columbia. Public health nursing -- British Columbia. Kilburn, Josephine F. Riverview Hospital (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) -- History.

Language	English
Name	The Kilburn connection : public health nursing education and the child guidance clinics in British Columbia 1932-1950
Authored on	2025-01-23
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The Kilburn connection : public health nursing education and the child guidance clinics in British Columbia 1932-1950

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