This animation on the Evolution of Public Health was developed in GHELI’s Studios as part of a larger project: redesigning and creating an online orientation course for the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s incoming graduate students. The course—Foundations for Public Health—was developed to serve as an introduction to public health and establish a solid foundation for students’ education and engagement over the course of their graduate experience, and into their public health careers. This animated voiceover summarizes the evolution of public health from its inception in the 1700s through to the 1988 report, The Disarray of Public Health: A Threat to the Health of the Public, from the Institute of Medicine.
Read more about the Foundations for Public Health course and GHELI’s role in shaping it.