Szkolny wymiar kultury zdrowotnej w społecznym dyskursie lekarzy w Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej
Streszczenie
The article presents the problem concerning the participation of the medical profession in the
forming of the school health culture were passed in the Second Republic of Poland. A contents of
the press, mainly medical,constituted the basis of an analysis. They referred more close to the following
periodicals: “Wychowanie Fizyczne” [Physical Education], “Opieka nad Dzieckiem”/“Życie
Dziecka”/“Życie Młodych” [Child Care/Child Life/Youth Life], “Zdrowie”/“Zdrowie Publiczne” [Health/
Public Health], “Warszawskie Czasopismo Lekarskie” [Warsaw Medical Magazine], “Archiwum Higieny”
[Archive of Hygiene]. The creating culture role in the health of the school was discussed on this
base in the following aspects: the hygienic-sanitary state of buildings and school devices, the health
of pupils and the health care at the school, participation of doctors in the functioning of the pedagogic
school activities.
The major issues of this article were to show social connotations of medical discourse on providing
school health service, promoting hygiene, sanitation and health education. The significant contribution
of medical doctors during interwar period was their role in democratization of Polish educational
system through social medicine view.