The Boston Mental Hygiene Conference and its accompanying exhibit¶

Design · All designs
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A Mental Hygiene Conference was "held in Boston, March 31 to April 4, inclusive, conducted by the National Committee for Mental Hygiene and the newly formed Massachusetts Society for Mental Hygiene." In connection with it was an exhibit similar to those given at earlier hygiene congresses. The program included addresses by Dr. Paton, President-Emeritus Eliot, Dr. Putnam, President G. Stanley Hall, and other medical and institutional speakers, plus an elaborate printed program of facts and practical suggestions.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Organization by a national committee and a newly formed state society, with speakers and an accompanying exhibit

Constraints¶

A one-time 1913 event; the article gives no evaluation of the conference's effects

Target Learners¶

children
the general public addressed by the conference program

Learning Goals¶

mental hygiene awareness
prevention of mental illness

Claims¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Wm. H. Burnham. (1913). The Conference on Mental Hygiene at Boston. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/

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`title`	`The Boston Mental Hygiene Conference and its accompanying exhibit`
`description`	`A Mental Hygiene Conference was "held in Boston, March 31 to April 4, inclusive, conducted by the National Committee for Mental Hygiene and the newly formed Massachusetts Society for Mental Hygiene." In connection wit...`
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