The National Negro Health Week, 1915 to 1951: A Descriptive Account

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dc.contributor.authorQuinn, Sandra Crouse
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Stephen B.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:38Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:38Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractIn 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.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/0vr7-fo4b
dc.identifier.citationQuinn, Sandra Crouse and Thomas, Stephen B. (2001) The National Negro Health Week, 1915 to 1951: A Descriptive Account. Minority Health Today, 2 (3). pp. 44-49.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 541
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22616
dc.subjectoutreach
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectinterventions
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectminorities
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectNational Negro Health Week
dc.subjectdisparities
dc.subjectpoor
dc.subjectTuskegee
dc.subjectW.E.B. DuBois
dc.titleThe National Negro Health Week, 1915 to 1951: A Descriptive Account
dc.typeArticle

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