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In Mississippi, Working to Treat Food Insecurity Through a new program, health centers will give patients access to healthy food and educate them about how best to cook it. Young gardeners pose at Coastal Family Health Centers childrens garden. (Photo courtesy of Coastal Family Health Center) At one of the oldest community health centers in the country – that’s Delta Health Center in Mississippi – there’s a story about a famous doctor who used to write prescriptions for food. Dr. Jack G...

Patients as Partners: A Social Empowerment Approach to Health and Mental Health 1247 “Creating Our Mental Health”: Welcome to a conversation between two social therapists who meet regularly to share and advance our therapeutic work. We hope these dialogues can support and stimulate others who are integrating developmental conversations into their therapeutic practices and personal growth. See the first post in the series for a brief explanation of what social therapy is and the perspective...

By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff January 7, 2021 Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff The late Dr. Jack Geiger and Sandra Cotterell, CEO of the Codman Square Health Center. 2015 Bill Walczak photo When the trailblazing physician Dr. Jack Geiger died at his Brooklyn home last Monday at the age of 95, his passing prompted strong reactions in the Boston medical community, where he helped pioneer the neighborhood health center movement decades ago. Together with Dr. Count Gibson, Dr. Geiger founded the...

H. Jack Geiger, Doctor Who Fought Social Ills, Dies at 95 He used medicine to take on poverty, racism and the threat of nuclear destruction. Two groups he helped start won Nobel Peace Prizes. Dr. H. Jack Geiger in 2012. He believed doctors should use their expertise and moral authority to improve conditions like poverty, hunger, discrimination, joblessness and lack of education.Credit...Angel Franco/The New York Times Dec. 28, 2020 Dr. H. Jack Geiger, who ran away to Harlem as a teenager and em...