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- Delta Health Center
Established in the mid-1960s, the Delta Health Center in the all-African American town of Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Miss. was the first community health center in a rural U.S. county.
- Against the Odds, National Library of Medicine
- Dr Jack Geiger: History of Community Health Centers (10 min)
Prepared for the June 2011 international conference COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRES: ACTING TODAY, SHAPING TOMORROW, Dr. Jack Geiger, founder of the Community Health Centers movement in the United States, describes the history of CHCs and social medicine in the U.S., South Africa and elsewhere. See also folders for Jack Geiger, John Hatch, L.C. Dorsey in Individuals
- H. Jack Geiger - Community-oriented primary care - the legacy of Sidney Kark
H. Jack Geiger - Editorial. Community-oriented primary care - the legacy of Sidney Kark. American Journal of Public Health. July 1993;83(7)
- Here's What's Become Of A Historic All-Black Town In The Mississippi Delta
Melissa Block, NPR, March 8, 2017 Mound Bayou, in the Mississippi Delta: a town founded in 1887 by former slaves, with a vision that was revolutionary for its time. From the start, it was designed to be a self-reliant, autonomous, all-black community. For decades, Mound Bayou thrived and prospered, becoming famous for empowering its black citizens. The town also became known as a haven from the virulent racism of the Jim Crow South.
- National Association of Community Health Centers
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) was founded in 1971 to promote efficient, high quality, comprehensive health care that is accessible, culturally and linguistically competent, community directed, and patient centered for all.
- Out in the Rural: A Mississippi Health Center and Its War on Poverty
Historian Dr. Thomas J. Ward Jr., professor and chair of the History Department at Spring Hill College (Mobile, Alabama) explores the origins of the community health center movement through the story of the Tufts-Delta Health Center in Mound Bayou, Mississippi
- RCHN Community Health Foundation
Founded in 2005, the RCHN Community Health Foundation (RCHN CHF) is a not-for-profit foundation with a unique mission: to support the work of community health centers across America.
- The Community Health Center Movement - an Oral History by Jack Geiger
See also folders for Jack Geiger, John Hatch, L.C. Dorsey in Individuals