Seeding a Profession: The Intersection of the State, International Interests, and the Early Development of Brazilian Nursing
State and international entities can have profound effects on the development of a country’s nursing profession. Through a global health governance lens, this paper explores the development of nursing in Brazil during the early twentieth century, and its intersections with national and international...
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| author | Genival Fernandes de Freitas Taka Oguisso Taka Allison Squires Allison Barbara Barrionuevo Barbara |
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| description | State and international entities can have profound effects on the development of a country’s nursing profession. Through a global health governance lens, this paper explores the development of nursing in Brazil during the early twentieth century, and its intersections with national and international interests. Accordingly, we will show how state policies established an environment that fostered the institutionalization of nursing as a profession in Brazil and supported it as a means to increase the presence of females in nation building processes. The State focused on recruiting elite women for nursing, in part due to the Rockefeller Foundation’s involvement in the country. Nurses who worked for Rockefeller came from well-educated classes within US society with specific ideas about who should be a nurse and the roles of nurses in a healthcare system. These women served as the primary vehicles for interacting with Brazilian health authorities responsible for health system development. Their early efforts did not, however, ensure a system capable of producing nursing human resources at a rate that, in present day Brazil, could meet the health needs of the country. Findings from this paper offer new avenues for historians to explore the early roots of professional nursing through a global health governance lens, improve the understanding of the intersection between international politics and professionalization, and highlight how these factors may impact nursing human resources production in the long term. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57ecbae80578479db9298b9fa8a7ac172022-12-21T17:50:27ZspaUniversidad de AlicanteCultura de los Cuidados1699-60032016-05-01044305010.14198/cuid.2016.44.047685Seeding a Profession: The Intersection of the State, International Interests, and the Early Development of Brazilian NursingGenival Fernandes de FreitasTaka Oguisso TakaAllison Squires AllisonBarbara Barrionuevo BarbaraState and international entities can have profound effects on the development of a country’s nursing profession. Through a global health governance lens, this paper explores the development of nursing in Brazil during the early twentieth century, and its intersections with national and international interests. Accordingly, we will show how state policies established an environment that fostered the institutionalization of nursing as a profession in Brazil and supported it as a means to increase the presence of females in nation building processes. The State focused on recruiting elite women for nursing, in part due to the Rockefeller Foundation’s involvement in the country. Nurses who worked for Rockefeller came from well-educated classes within US society with specific ideas about who should be a nurse and the roles of nurses in a healthcare system. These women served as the primary vehicles for interacting with Brazilian health authorities responsible for health system development. Their early efforts did not, however, ensure a system capable of producing nursing human resources at a rate that, in present day Brazil, could meet the health needs of the country. Findings from this paper offer new avenues for historians to explore the early roots of professional nursing through a global health governance lens, improve the understanding of the intersection between international politics and professionalization, and highlight how these factors may impact nursing human resources production in the long term.https://culturacuidados.ua.es/article/view/2016-n44-seeding-a-profession-the-intersection-of-the-state-international-interests-and-the-early-development-of-brazilian-nursingNursesNursingNursing historyBiographiesSchools of nursingNursing educationHealth policyGlobal healthBrazilGlobal healthGlobalizationGlobal health governance |
| spellingShingle | Genival Fernandes de Freitas Taka Oguisso Taka Allison Squires Allison Barbara Barrionuevo Barbara Seeding a Profession: The Intersection of the State, International Interests, and the Early Development of Brazilian Nursing Cultura de los Cuidados Nurses Nursing Nursing history Biographies Schools of nursing Nursing education Health policy Global health Brazil Global health Globalization Global health governance |
| title | Seeding a Profession: The Intersection of the State, International Interests, and the Early Development of Brazilian Nursing |
| title_full | Seeding a Profession: The Intersection of the State, International Interests, and the Early Development of Brazilian Nursing |
| title_fullStr | Seeding a Profession: The Intersection of the State, International Interests, and the Early Development of Brazilian Nursing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seeding a Profession: The Intersection of the State, International Interests, and the Early Development of Brazilian Nursing |
| title_short | Seeding a Profession: The Intersection of the State, International Interests, and the Early Development of Brazilian Nursing |
| title_sort | seeding a profession the intersection of the state international interests and the early development of brazilian nursing |
| topic | Nurses Nursing Nursing history Biographies Schools of nursing Nursing education Health policy Global health Brazil Global health Globalization Global health governance |
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