Migrant health program records, 1953-1978.

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Migrant health program records, 1953-1978.

Records, mainly 1965-1978, of various migrant health programs in central Wisconsin, including public health nursing, dental, and nutritional components of the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention; other health projects administered by non-profit organizations, churches, and local governments largely funded by grants made available through the Migrant Health Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-692); records of committees appointed by Wisconsin governors; and materials from conferences focusing on health care for migrant workers.

3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7274711

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

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Wisconsin. Bureau of Community Health and Prevention

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In 1981, the Bureau of Community Health (WIHV00-A1041) and the Bureau of Prevention were combined to create the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, within the Division of Health (WIHV85-A364) in the Dept. of Health and Social Services (WIHV85-A674). The Bureau of Community Health and Prevention administers programs to raise the level of maternal and child health, to identify chronic health problems of the elerly and to identify and control environmental hazards an...