H Jack Geiger

Biographic Data

ID5536681
NAMEH Jack Geiger
GIVEN NAMESH Jack
FAMILY NAMEGeiger
SIGNATUREGEIGER H J
AFFILIATIONSH. Jack Geiger is with the City University of New York Medical School, New York, NY.
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX2

  • The First Community Health Center in Mississippi

    H Jack Geiger, Hartmut GeigerARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016Cited by: 2

    The article discusses the history of the Tufts Comprehensive Community Health Action Program which was proposed in 1965 to intervene in the cycle of extreme poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment in America, and it mentions the struggles of black people in places such as Bolivar County, Mississippi during the 20th century. The success of the Tufts-Delta Health Center is examined, along with comprehensive health services involving preventive medici…

  • The 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer 1964

    H Jack Geiger, Hartmut GeigerARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2014

    The 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer 1964 Affiliation H. Jack Geiger MDH. Jack Geiger is with the City University of New York Medical School, New York, NY.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to H. Jack Geiger, City University of New York Medical School, City College of New York, 138th St. at Convent Avenue Room J920, New York, NY 10031 (e-mail: [email protected]org). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” l…

  • The medical consequences of thermonuclear war

    H Jack Geiger, Hartmut Geiger et al.ARTICLEMedicine Conflict & Survival2012

  • Community-Oriented Primary Care

    H Jack Geiger, Hartmut GeigerARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2002Cited by: 6References: 5

    Although community development and social change are not explicit goals of community-oriented primary care (COPC), they are implicit in COPC’s emphasis on community organization and local participation with health professionals in the assessment of health problems. These goals are also implicit in the shared understanding of health problems’ social, physical, and economic causes and in the design of COPC interventions. In the mid-1960s, a communi…

  • Inequity as Violence

    Open AccessH Jack GeigerARTICLEHealth and Human Rights1997Cited by: 3References: 1

    H. Jack Geiger, Inequity as Violence: Race, Health and Human Rights in the United States, Health and Human Rights, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2nd International Conference on Health and Human Rights (1997), pp. 7-13

  • Should Physicians Prepare for War

    Joyce Bermel, Jay C Bisgard et al.ARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report1982

    Joyce Bermel, Jay C. Bisgard, James T. Doherty, H. Jack Geiger, James T. Johnson, Thomas H. Murray, Should Physicians Prepare for War?, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr., 1982), pp. 15-21

  • Commentary

    H Jack Geiger, Victor W SidelARTICLEThe Hastings Center Report1978

  • The Impact of a Neighborhood Health Center on Patients??? Behavior and Attitudes Relating to Health Care

    Seymour S Bellin, H Jack Geiger et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1972

    A previous paper, based on clinic records, showed high levels of utilization of Health Center Services by a low income community, approximating comparable figures for a more affluent population. A great majority of community residents, based on a before-after health survey of a random sample of households, currently report the Health Center as their regular source of health care. Residents make extensive use of not only curative services but also…