Federal Government and African‐American Communities Identifying and Defining African-American Health Disparities Through Intervention: The National Negro Health Week Movement and Office of Negro Health Work From 1915-‐1951.

Despite the continued effort to mitigate health disparities in the US, little historical research has been done analyzing the historical context surrounding past federal health disparity interventions. In the early 20th century, the federal government addressed the evidence-based existence of racial...

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Main Author:	Castellanos, Angela
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Published:	Harvard University 2015
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