In this episode, we hear from Dr. John W. Hatch about the history of Community Health Centers and how it intersects with the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Hatch is a professor emeritus of public health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a legend in the health center movement. He was instrumental in establishing one of the nation's first community health centers in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, which was an all African American town founded in the 1860s.Dr. Hatch pioneered approaches to addressing social drivers of health and describes building latrines, installing window screens, and starting a farm cooperative to provide affordable, nutritious food to the community. He explains how community input was part of the health center model from the very beginning. He also calls for more activism and policy change to address the challenges facing health centers and their patients today.Featured in this EpisodeBenjamin Money JrSenior VP, NACHCLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-money-6133436 Profile: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/about/leadership/benjamin-money Dr. John W. HatchProfessor Emeritus of Public HealthUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HilChapters00:00 Introduction01:31 The changing of terms02:35 The social drivers and how to address them12:30 Moving in the area of environmental health15:18 Establishing the Co-op16:49 Adding benefits like non-medical things21:18 Envisioning what Health Centers could become25:12 Continuing the legacy29:42 Addressing racial inequality34:18 Communities addressing the public health issues45:54 The incredible community health workers52:54 The communities of today 56:05 Giving ThanksProduced by Heartcast Media.www.heartcastmedia.com

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