Tufts-Delta Health Center (Mound Bayou, Miss.)
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The Delta Health Center was established in the mid-1960s, in the rural, all-African American town of Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Miss., and served Bolivar, Coahoma, Sunflower, and Washington counties, where poverty was widespread. The Center, which was federally funded through Tufts University and later through the State University of New York at Stony Brook, was one of the first community health centers in the United States. The comprehensive community health center model aimed at building upon traditional health services by addressing the underlying causes of illness, including economic, environmental, and social factors. Originally, Jack Geiger served as project director and John Hatch as director of community health action.
From the description of Delta Health Center records, 1956-1992. WorldCat record id: 32527588
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Subjects:
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Civil rights
- Community health services
- Environmental health
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Governor
- Health facilities
- Health facilities
- Hospitals
- Medical care
- Medical centers
- Medical policy
- Nutrition
- Poverty
- Rural health services
- Social medicine
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- Coahoma County (Miss.) (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Bolivar County (Miss.) (as recorded)
- Mississippi (as recorded)
- Mound Bayou (Miss.) (as recorded)
- Washington County (Miss.) (as recorded)
- Sunflower County (Miss.) (as recorded)
