Minority Health and Health Equity Archive

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    The National Negro Health Movement: Lessons For Eliminating Health Disparities Today
    (2001) Quinn, Sandra Crouse
    Far too many of us trained in the health professions seek to address disparities in health status between communities of color and white Americans as if we are addressing a new problem. While there was little agreement on cause or solution, southern white physicians and black researchers such as W.E.B. DuBois documented health disparities in the early part of the 20th century.
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    The National Negro Health Week, 1915 to 1951: A Descriptive Account
    (2001) Quinn, Sandra Crouse; Thomas, Stephen B.
    In 1914, Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute, viewed the poor health status of black Americans as an obstacle to economic progress and issued a call for "the Negro people... to join in a movement which shall be known as Health Improvement Week" (Patterson, 1939). Health Improvement Week evolved into the National Negro Health Week, observed annually for 35 years. This article provides an overview of the structure and activities of the National Negro Health Week and suggests implications for public health in the black community today.