Title:

General sanitary training conducted by the Polish Red Cross in 1950–1955 as a means of shaping social and sanitary collectivism

Creator:

Paliga, Renata

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk ; Polska Akademia Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2025

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

sanitary training ; sanitary collectivism ; sanitary education of youth ; Polish Red Cross

Abstract:

Beginning in 1950, the Polish Red Cross began large-scale sanitary training in Poland. Within five years, a total of over five million people were trained. Those who completed the courses formed a network of sanitary networks operating on the principle of collective aid, i.e., joint action for the benefit of the community. The official motivation for these activities was sanitary and preventive education, particularly important in the face of infectious diseases spreading after World War II. However, the real goal was to train as many people as possible – particularly adolescents and young adults during the escalation of the Cold War – and to create a collective society through appropriate youth education. This article presents the training assumptions and the mechanisms for creating ‘sanitary collectivism’ in Poland between 1950 and 1955.

Relation:

Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty

Volume:

62

Start page:

197

End page:

219

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

0080-4754

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, full text available at:

Copyright holder:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów PAN

Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

Access:

Open