Student Health Coalition Timelines

Each of the timelines below chronologically documents the work and events of the Student Health Coalition, in addition to the origin and development of several other affiliate organizations. There are 7 timelines in total:

  1. Origin and Development of the Student Health Coalition (SHC)
  2. The Student Health Coalition in West Tennessee
  3. Health Fairs in St. Charles, Va. and Establishment of the St. Charles Clinic
  4. Origin and Development of the Center for Health Services (CHS)
  5. The Center’s Maternal-Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) Program
  6. The Evolution of Nursing
  7. Origin and Development of the East Tennessee Research Corporation (ETRC)

1. Origin and Development of the Student Health Coalition (SHC)

2. The Student Health Coalition in West Tennessee

The Coalition work in West Tennessee took place in social, cultural, and historical settings that differed markedly from those in East Tennessee. This timeline helps to set the stage with information about how and when community leaders in West Tennessee contacted the Coalition, the support they requested, and the context within the larger narrative of civil rights struggles and the legacy of a slave economy that characterized the delta.

3. Health Fairs in St. Charles, Va. and Establishment of the St. Charles Clinic

The Coalition work in St. Charles was distinguished by a strong local board and a history of robust union presence. Over time, the clinic at St. Charles became the nidus for a region-wide network of community-run clinics in southwestern Virginia. This timeline helps to identify people, places, and dates as this development unfolded.

4. Origin and Development of the Center for Health Services (CHS)

This timeline lists events of Vanderbilt’s Center for Health Services (CHS) from the earliest days throughout its several decades of work.

5. The Center’s Maternal-Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) Program

The Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program became one of the earliest projects housed at the Center for Health Services (CHS). This timeline lays out the events that led up to the beginnings of this program and ongoing developments over subsequent decades.

6. The Evolution of Nursing

The intersection of radical change in nursing practice with the work of the Student Health Coalition in the 1960s and 1970s is well-described in this detailed timeline. It chronologically describes changes in nursing practice law, student and faculty activities at Vanderbilt’s Nursing School, and developments in communities where SHC nursing students and newly-graduated nurse practitioners were working to improve access to healthcare for underserved communities.

7. Origin and Development of the East Tennessee Research Corporation (ETRC)

This brief timeline puts into chronological context the people and actions that constitute the origin story of the East Tennessee Research Corporation (ETRC).