Viola Davis Brown

**Viola Davis Brown** (8 ga Afrilu, 1936 - 22 ga Disamba, 2017) an haife ta a Lexington, Kentucky, kuma ta kasance mai shiga cikin fafutukar kare hakkin jama'a tare da bayar da gudummawa ga lafiyar jama'a da ilimin likitanci a Kentucky. 

## Rayuwar kai da ilimi
Viola Davis 'yar Donnie ce da Mable (Bryan) Davis. Davis ta auri Percy H. Brown a ranar 29 ga Yuni, 1957. Percy da Viola suna da 'ya'ya biyar tare: Clarence, Michael, Bonnie, Donna, da Linda.  A shekarar 1959, Mrs. Brown ta zama ta farko da ta halarci Makarantar Koyon Aikin Jinya ta Nazareth da ke da alaƙa da Asibitin St. Joseph da ke Lexington, Kentucky .  Viola Brown ta kammala karatunta a shekarar 1959 kuma ba da daɗewa ba aka naɗa ta a matsayin Mai Kula da Aikin Jinya. A shekarar 1960, wannan ita ce karo na farko da aka yi wa wani Ba'amurke ɗan Afirka a Kentucky karin girma.

A shekarar 1972, Brown ta sami digiri daga Jami'ar Kentucky don zama ƙwararren ma'aikacin jinya na farko a fannin kula da lafiya a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin gwaji a jami'ar da ke da alaƙa da Kwalejin Magunguna da Gidauniyar Hunter for Health Care. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan Afirka biyu da suka zama RNs na farko a Lexington. Takardar shaidar Brown ta haɗa da ta ma'aikacin jinya mai rijista a Kentucky da kuma ƙwararren ma'aikacin jinya. 

## Sana'a
Bayan kammala karatunta a Jami'ar Kentucky, Viola Brown ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya a ofis, a Holloway, Playforth da Archer, PSC, na Lexington daga 1966 zuwa 1972. Ba da daɗewa ba, Brown ta zama Ma'aikaciyar Kula da Lafiya ta Farko da Ma'aikaciyar Jinya ta Iyali a Hunter Health Care, Inc. na Lexington.

Gwamnan Kentucky John Y. Brown Jr. ne ya naɗa Viola D. Brown, a matsayin Babban Darakta na Ofishin Kula da Lafiyar Jama'a  na Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta  Kentucky da ke Frankfort, Kentucky a shekarar 1980. Brown ya zama ma'aikaciyar jinya 'yar asalin Afirka ta farko da ta jagoranci ofishin kula da lafiyar jama'a na jihar a Amurka. Brown ya kuma zama Babban Mataimaki ga Kwamishinan Lafiya na Kentucky a shekarar 1982, a matsayin Babban Wakilin Ma'aikatan Jinya a dukkan rassan gwamnatin jiha, sassan lafiya na gida, sana'o'in lafiya da kuma al'ummar da ke Frankfort. 

Gwamna Wallace Wilkinson ya naɗa Brown a matsayin Mai Gudanar da Ayyuka na ƙungiyar Gwamna kan ƙarancin ma'aikatan jinya a shekarar 1988. Adadin ma'aikatan jinya na lafiyar jama'a a Kentucky ya ƙaru daga 350 zuwa 1400 a lokacin Brown a matsayin Babban Mataimakiyar Kwamishinan. Wa'adinta a matsayin Babban Mataimakiya ga Kwamishinan ya ci gaba har zuwa lokacin mulkin gwamnoni biyar da Kwamishinoni uku na Jiha.

## Lambobin yabo da yabo
Daga 1981 zuwa 1982, Viola Brown ta kasance memba na Kwamitin Bincike na Jami'ar Louisville School of Nursing. Tun daga 1984, Brown ta zama shugabar ɗaliban aikin jinya a Kwalejin Aikin Jinya ta Jami'ar Kentucky da kuma Kwalejin Lafiya ta Allied a Jami'ar North Carolina da ke Chapel Hill . An kuma zaɓi Brown a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga ma'aikacin jinya a Ofishin Sakataren Albarkatun Al'umma na Al'umma. A 1991, Brown ya sami lambar yabo ta girmamawa daga Kwalejin Al'umma ta Jefferson da ke Louisville, Kentucky . A wannan shekarar, an naɗa Brown a matsayin Mai Hulɗa da 'Yan tsiraru na Jiha ga Ofishin Lafiyar 'Yan tsiraru da Majalisar Ci Gaban Lafiya ta Kentucky. Brown ya kuma zama memba na Kwamitin Albarkatun Al'umma na Alzheimer kuma ya yi aiki a Kwamitin Rahoton Tsofaffi na Ƙananan Yara a 1992. Brown ya shiga Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Aikin Lafiyar Muhalli na Mississippi Delta a 1994  (duba cikakken rubutun Aikin Mississippi Delta: Health and Environmental Prospectus, 1995).

Viola Davis Brown ta yi ritaya a ranar 31 ga Agusta, 1999, a matsayin Daraktan Kula da Lafiyar Jama'a. Ta yi aiki a matsayin wani ɓangare na Sashen Lafiyar Jama'a na Kentucky daga 1980 zuwa 1999. Mrs. Brown ta yi tasiri wajen taimaka wa Masu Jinya Masu Rijistar Ci gaba wajen samun ikon rubuta magani. Ƙungiyar Kentucky don Masu Jinya Masu Rijistar Ci gaba ta amince da Brown a 1998 tare da lambar yabo ta Masu Jinya Masu Rijistar Ci gaba. Ta haɓaka lafiyar jama'a a duk faɗin Amurka tare da taka rawa a cikin Ƙungiyar Masu Jinya ta Jiha da Yankuna (yanzu Ƙungiyar Masu Jinya Masu Jinya ta Jama'a) . A taron shekara-shekara na Ƙungiyar Masu Jinya ta Jiha da Yankuna na 1999, Ƙungiyar Masu Jinya ta Kentucky ta girmama Viola Davis Brown a matsayin "Mai Jinya Mai Kyau ta Shekara". Ganin cewa ta riƙe muƙamin Darakta na Babban Ofishin Kula da Lafiyar Jama'a na tsawon shekaru 19, an shigar da Viola Brown cikin Kwalejin Lafiyar Jama'a ta Jami'ar Kentucky a shekara ta 2004. Viola Brown ta kasance malamar baƙo a Jami'ar Alabama a Birmingham, Kwalejin Berea, Jami'ar Jihar Kentucky, Jami'ar Jihar Murray, da Kwalejin Georgetown . 

Kasancewar Viola D. Brown a cikin abokan hulɗar al'umma da ƙungiyoyin ƙasa sun haɗa da Ƙungiyar Lafiyar Jama'a ta Amurka, Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Jinya ta Amurka da Ƙungiyar Lafiyar Jama'a ta Kentucky inda ta sami kyautar Dr. Russell E. Teague a 1991.  Bugu da ƙari, Brown ta shiga cikin ayyukan Ƙungiyar Lafiya ta Kudu, Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Jinya ta Kentucky, da Ƙungiyar Kula da Jinya ta Kentucky wadda ta karɓe ta da kyautar Ganewa ta Musamman a 1989.

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