The development of early Chinese Communist health policy: health care in the Border Region, 1936-1949.

Full Abstract

This paper examines the health care policy and program of the Chinese Communists in their earliest stages of development. An assessment of 1) political policy, 2) public health campaigns, 3) medical services, 4) public health education, and 5) medical education, indicates that the role of the health delivery scheme was primarily to mobilize mass support for the government, and to change popular health behavior, thereby improving the health of the people and lessening demand on scarce medical facilities. An analysis of the Border Region's health program from 1936 to 1949 gives us an insight into the strategy of a revolutionary government to win popular support and to effect social change.

Author information

Author/s: Minden, K (K);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: The American journal of Chinese medicine (Am J Chin Med), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1979-; vol 7 (issue 4) : pp 299-315

Dates: Created 1980/06/16; Completed 1980/06/16; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 396785, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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