Neighborhood Health Centers — Perspectives on Opportunity for Comprehensive Ambulatory Health Care

Abstract

The neighborhood health center should be regarded both as a vehicle for service delivery and as one aspect of a social movement involving health care and broader issues.¹ During the 1960's, community medicine and heightened social concern came to the fore even in large academic centers.² The decade saw the development of neighborhood health centers, community participation in health planning and acceptance of the concept of health as a basic human right.Development of neighborhood health centers on a large scale was made possible by funds from the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). Centers have also been funded by the . . .