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title: Better health through FSA
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/better-health-through-fsa-1941/
description: 'Farm Security Administration poster: a white-haired doctor listens to a toddler''s chest while a mother and a second child look on.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Better health through FSA, 1941 US poster: Farm Security Administration poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/better-health-through-fsa-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/better-health-through-fsa-1941.jpg)

# Better health through FSA

Farm Security Administration poster: a white-haired doctor listens to a toddler's chest while a mother and a second child look on, under the headline 'Better Health through FSA'. A 'Food for Freedom' emblem and flag-style stripes tie the medical program to the wartime food drive, a faint transfer; the text is a plain statement of services.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
BETTER HEALTH
through
FSA
OVER HALF A MILLION FARM PEOPLE GET
MEDICAL ATTENTION THROUGH FARM
SECURITY'S GROUP MEDICAL CARE PROGRAM
Physician's Services
Dental Care
Drugs
Hospitalization
Good Diet Plus Adequate Medical
Care Equals Better Health
FOOD
FOR FREEDOM
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
```

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