MenuInventory of the North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition, Duke University Chapter Records, 1988-2001
Abstract
The first Student Rural Health Coalition began at Vanderbilt University in 1968. In 1978, the Lyndhurst Foundation began funding similar work in North Carolina with the goal of improving the health conditions of eastern North Carolina, the state's most impoverished and medically underserved region.
Collection contains records pertaining to the operations and activities of the Duke University Chapter of the North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition with the inclusive dates 1988-2001. Material includes correspondence and memoranda, material relating to internships and cooperative programs with North Carolina Central University, staff work plans and evaluations, reports and surveys, and various printed material.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University Archives, Duke University
- Creator
- North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition. Duke University Chapter.
- Title
- North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition, Duke University Chapter Records, 1988-2001
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 2 Linear Feet, 2,500 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
Contains material pertaining to the operation and activities of the Duke University Chapter of the North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition, 1988-2001. Material present includes correspondence and memoranda, reports, student surveys, material pertaining to internships and cooperative programs with North Carolina Central University, staff program evaluations and plans of work, and assorted printed material. Printed material includes publicity flyers and mailings advertising Health Fairs and People's Clinics; local, regional, and national newsletters, journals, and clippings concerning health care, community health, race, and economic conditions. Prominent subjects include grant organizations such as the Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund and MacArthur Foundation, Concerned Citizens of Tillery, Shiloh, North Carolina, and Community Health Collective.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Contents of the Collection
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Historical Note
The first Student Rural Health Coalition began at Vanderbilt University in 1968 and focused on improving community health in the Black Belt region. In 1978, the Lyndhurst Foundation began funding similar work in North Carolina with the goal of improving the health conditions of eastern North Carolina, the state's most impoverished and medically underserved region.
In 1987-1988, community representatives and Coalition members formed the cooperative Community Health Collective (CHC) to develop community controlled institutions to address health needs and organize to examine and confront power structures affecting local health conditions. The interaction coalesced around local People's Health Clinics. Health volunteers from Duke University and East Carolina University formed direct relationships with Fremont (Wayne County) and Tillery (Halifax County). The Duke Medical School Chapter provided medical support to the Fremont-area People's Clinic. In 1989, undergraduates from Duke University and North Carolina Central University began active involvement with the Coalition. In 1991-1992, People's Clinics were opened in Garysburg (Northampton County) and Shiloh (Wake County).
Currently, the Duke Chapters of the NCSRHC operate five community health clinics, offer a pre-career health internship program that places students in rural, impoverished areas of North Carolina, and contributes to environmental justice work.
Subject Headings
- Discrimination in medical care--North Carolina.
- Poor--Medical care--North Carolina.
- Public Welfare--North Carolina.
- Poverty--Research--North Carolina.
- North Carolina--Economic conditions.
- North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition.
- Quality of Health Care--economics--North Carolina.
- Rural health services--North Carolina.
- Rural poor--Medical care--North Carolina.
Related Material
- Eva J. Salber Papers, 1937-1990 (Duke University Archives/David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
- North Carolina Poverty Project records, 1983-2004 and undated (bulk 1986-1997) (Duke University Archives/David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)
- George R. Parkerson records, 1972-1995 (Duke University Medical Archives)
- Samuel L. Katz papers, 1969-2005 (Duke University Medical Archives)
- Community and Family Medicine Collection (Duke University Medical Archives)
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Duke Chapter of the North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Duke Chapter of the North Carolina Student Rural Health Coalition records were received by the University Archives as a transfer prior to 2007.
Processing Information
Processed by Josh Larkin Rowley, March 2009
Encoded by Josh Larkin Rowley, March 2009
No accession record available.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.