Harvard School of Public Health - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Catherine Hayes, Kathleen Forman, Helen McGrath, Agnes Erickson, Margaret Salmon, Jacqueline Felix, Nancy Richardson, Katherine Fitzpatrick. coronary heart disease, and exploration of patterns of referral among practicing physicians in New England are under investigation. A major effort during the past year has been the design and im¬ plementation of a plan to merge Boston City Hos¬ pital and the Boston Health Department into a new and uniquely integrated municipal h ealth service. These efforts will, we hope, not only yield new knowledge but also keep our curriculum fresh and realistic in our attempts to develop the public health leaders of the future. Dr. Robert H. Hamlin Dr. Roy Penchansky and Miss Beryl Magee prepare a case study. 20

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New Types of Leadership Robert H. Hamlin, Chairman E FFECTIVENESS in public health today re¬ quires far more than technical health training alone. New types of leadership are required— involving men and women with knowledge of the political, social and economis aspects of health and with the ability to work effectively at the critical centers of decision in problem areas. My central concern, and that of my colleagues in the Department of Public Health Practice, is to provide the training—through curriculum and teaching programs—and the new knowledge— through research—necessary to develop such wide¬ ly skilled leaders. A review of some of our departmental research activities illustrates the point. We are deeply en¬ gaged in studies of the problems of national health planning, particularly in developing coun¬ tries and examination of social, educational and economic consequences of the utilization of health services in Tunisia, studies of sociocultural fac¬ tors in the origin of—and in recovery from— Below— Dr. H. Jack Geiger, Miss Marjorie A. C. Young, Dr. Hamlin, Miss Beryl C. Magee and Dr. Arnold I. Kisch confer on curriculum matters.

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The Social Science Program Zifre Lurie, Thelma Shapiro, Dr. Norman Scotch, Joyce Hartweg, Dr. Sol Levine, Dr. Sydney Croog, Helen Odence, Dorothy Bawden. T HE Social Science program tries to inform physicians and other public health pro¬ fessionals about the social and cultural aspects of health and illness, as well as conveying a basis for familiarity with the methods used by the social scientist. Members of the Unit, using the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, and psychology, are studying problems which affect the success of health programs anywhere in the world, as well as making contributions to basic social science methodology and theory. DR. JAMES E. TEELE, a sociol¬ ogist, is studying the problems of juvenile delinquents in a Bos¬ ton suburb. dr. norman scotch (left) studies local medical cus¬ toms and practices among the Zulus. With him, below, are two specialists in Internal Medicine. 21