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1913 He established the Bureau of Social Hygiene in 1913, a major initiative that investigated such social issues as prostitution and venereal disease, as well as studies in police administration and support for birth control clinics and research.
1913-1937 Bureau of Social Hygiene
1914-Today American Sexual Health Association (ASHA)
1920s During the 1920s, ASHA served as a central coordinator for the local or regional committees, doctors, public health officials, and social welfare agencies that were combating sexually transmitted infections.
1921-1940 NRC's Committee for Research in the Problems of Sex
1940s During World War II, ASHA fulfilled a role reminiscent of its work during World War I, serving on the VD Coordinating Committee for the US military and working against prostitution.
1944-1950s In 1944, the military began using penicillin as a cure for syphilis and by the late 1950s it was believed that syphilis was no longer a serious health threat.
1950s Also in the 1950s, ASHA began to distribute a comprehensive annual questionnaire to health officers across the country.
1950s-1975 The responses, tabulated by ASHA and analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were published annually as Today's VD Control Problem, continuing under ASHA auspices until 1975.
1950s-1975 Today's VD Control Problem (ASHA/CDC annual questionnaire for health officers)
ASHA worked with the US War Department during World War I when VD occurrences surged among soldiers.
ASHA's efforts contributed to a 50% drop in VD infection rates in the military during the first years of the war.
Charles William Eliot
Dr. Thomas N. Hepburn
Dr. William Freeman Snow
Edward Keyes Jr.
Grace Hoadley Dodge
Jane Addams
John D Rockefeller Jr
Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn
VD Coordinating Committee

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