Tuberculosis Among Negroes in the Central Harlem Health Center District: A Study of the Community's Current Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward This Disease as Evidenced by Thirty Negro Residents in the Area, 1966-1967
Abstract
This study evolved from my interest in tuberculosis stimulated during an assignment as a student social worker in a local municipal chest disease hospital, where there was a large Negro population. Also, review of the July 1964 New York City Department of Health Bulletin, on increased tuberculosis trends, raised a question in my mind about the prevalence of this disease in the Central Harlem Health Center District, where I reside. In addition, the fearful concern expressed by various people in my neighborhood, when they heard of my contact with hospitalized tuberculous patients, led me to believe that residents of this district not only lacked adequate knowledge in relation to tuberculosis, but also possessed negative attitudes toward these patients and their contacts.
Subject Area
Social work|Black studies|Public health|Pathology
Recommended Citation
Lang, Claudia Butler, "Tuberculosis Among Negroes in the Central Harlem Health Center District: A Study of the Community's Current Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward This Disease as Evidenced by Thirty Negro Residents in the Area, 1966-1967" (1967). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30359765.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30359765
