Maternity Care Coalition records, 1960-2009 (bulk 1980-2007).

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Maternity Care Coalition.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infant Mortality.

Women's health services.

Health promotion.

Philadelphia. (Infant Mortality).

Maternity care.

Philadelphia. (Maternity care).

Health promotion--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Women's health services--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Medical Subjects:

Infant Mortality.

Philadelphia. (Infant Mortality).

Maternity care.

Philadelphia. (Maternity care).

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Maternity Care Coalition and Walter J. Lear, 2009.

Physical Description:

56 boxes

Place of Publication:

1960-2009

Biography/History:

The Maternity Care Coalition (MCC) was founded in 1980 in response to Philadelphia's growing infant-mortality rates. Seven Philadelphia area organizations, comprising healthcare professionals and welfare and women's rights groups, joined together to start MCC. They included: the Philadelphia Welfare Rights Organization, the Childbirth Education Association of Greater Philadelphia, the Health Law Project, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Concern for Health Options Information, Care and Education (CHOICE), Institute of Social Medicine and Community Health (ISMCH), and American College of Nurse Midwives, Pennsylvania Chapter. MCC's efforts targeted Philadelphia neighborhoods with the highest infant-mortality rates and sought to reduce the number of preventable infant deaths.

Summary:

The business records of the Maternity Care Coalition (MCC), a Philadelphia-based organization devoted to preventing infant mortality. Founded in 1980, the Maternity Care Coalition continued to operate at the time of the donation in 2009. The bulk of the materials comprise community outreach and client education materials, research materials, and publications. Also present within the collection are newspaper clippings, a number of media appearances captured on VHS, reel-to-reel, and audio cassettes, as well as a series of photographs that span the years 1985 to 2005.

Notes:

Forms part of: U. S. Health Activism History Collection.

Finding Aid/Index:

Finding aid available through the World Wide Web.

OCLC:

647371333