Agency:.Co-produced by Telewerx and GAPC Entertainment in association with History Television, Vision TV, Knowledge Network, Saskatchewan Communications Network, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry, CTF: Licence Fee Program, Telefilm Canada, with the participation of Millennium Bureau of Canada, Roger's Cable Fund, CAVCO and Department of Canadian Heritage, Multicultural Program.

Executive producer, Sheila Petzold, Ken Stewart, Marcel Clément ; producer, Hoda Elatawi ; director, Susan Terrill ; writer, Susan Terrill, Sheila Petzold ; director of photography, Karl Roeder ; music composer, Andrew Huggett ; archival research, Vivian Hanwell, Kate Keating, Kate Yule, Erin Brophy ; research, Helen Dundass, Jody Nassr, Isobel Ripley, Sheila Petzold ; sound recordist, Don Stewart, Peter Kettlewell, Kate Kechnie, Larry MacDonald, Jane Porter, Vaughn Rowsell, Eldy Gouthro, Douglas von Rosen ; sound engineer, Robin Dumas.

Participant, Lundy Befrene, Henry Bishop, Carl Brewer, Kathryn Burke, Herménégilde Chiasson, John C. Crosbie, Emily Dazé, Misa Friesen-Kobayashi, Barbara Gowdy, Fred Greaves, Bernard Guertin, Louise Guertin, Jack Harrison, Ellaina Jancewicz, George Jordan, Rosemary House, Sarah Kapoor, Myrna Kostash, Clare Laking, Christina Lamey, Kay Lorente, Greg Malone, Natalie MacMaster, Bob Mellor, Denis F. Mildon, Mary Pratt, Edith Samuel Manierka, Mary Sexton, Jeannette Shannon, Karen Shopsowitz, Cameron Terrill, Carolyn Thomas, Hellie Wilson, Jamie Zeppa ; narrator, Becky Rynor.

Recorded 2003.

Early campaigns to fight poverty and disease and help children grow up healthy led to the introduction of the school nurse, nose blowing drills and lice inspections. From open-air schools to confusing sex education classes, Health was a part of the curriculum throughout the last century. This episode traces the rise of dental care, from early century programs in schools to dentists traveling to remote areas by boat or train. Canadians recall terrifying epidemics and lengthy periods of quarantine. Home remedies were frightening enough to keep children from complaining about being ill. Over the course of the century we see the impact of public health care on children's lives. Health is one of a 6-part series entitled Growing Up Canadian. These documentaries explore the myths and realities of Canadian childhood through family life, schooling, work, play, health and the media. The series marks the contribution of childhood and youth experience in defining Canada as it grew into full nationhood in the 20th century.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).