• Q&A with Dr. John Hatch, Health Center Pioneer

  • Jan 11 2023
  • Length: 47 mins
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Q&A with Dr. John Hatch, Health Center Pioneer

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  • 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 Episode

    Benjamin Money Jr
    Senior VP, NACHC
    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-money-6133436
    Profile: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/about/leadership/benjamin-money

    Dr. John W. Hatch
    Professor Emeritus of Public Health
    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hil

    Chapters

    00:00 Introduction
    01:31 The changing of terms
    02:35 The social drivers and how to address them
    12:30 Moving in the area of environmental health
    15:18 Establishing the Co-op
    16:49 Adding benefits like non-medical things
    21:18 Envisioning what Health Centers could become
    25:12 Continuing the legacy
    29:42 Addressing racial inequality
    34:18 Communities addressing the public health issues
    45:54 The incredible community health workers
    52:54 The communities of today
    56:05 Giving Thanks

    Produced by Heartcast Media.
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