Stoney Fork TN – The Student Health Coalition Archive Project

Post-health fair formation of community councils and the origins of MPHC in Tennessee

Leave a Comment / Health Fairs, Community Clinics & Councils, Origin Stories, Stories / By Gillian McCuistion

As part of the Student Health Coalition Archive Project, Caryl Carpenter and Rick Davidson meet with James Lovett, CEO of Mountain People’s Health Councils, Inc. Their primary objective is to collect a firsthand account from Lovett and in so doing, document the evolution of MPHC from Coalition-era health fairs to its operations today. This chapter …

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Kaye Bultemeier

Leave a Comment / Allies and Affiliates, People, Theme: Health Care, Theme: Health Care - People, Themes / By Biff Hollingsworth

Kaye Bultemeier introduction

Leave a Comment / Origin Stories, Stories / By Biff Hollingsworth

Kaye Bultemeier introduces herself and talks about how she came to work in Stoney Fork, Tennessee. She was initially part of the National Health Services Corps and ended up staying in the community for eight years. Full footage of the interview with Janie Hiserote, Kaye Bultemeier, and Chuck Darling from October 25, 2017.

On the sense of community

Leave a Comment / Pre-Existing Conditions, Stories / By Biff Hollingsworth

Kaye Bultemeier, Janie Hiserote, and Chuck Darling reflect on the sense of community among residents of Petros, Stoney Fork, and Norma, Tennessee, and make note of changes in the region over time. Kaye says, “You could be a little bit off the grid and exist, because everyone watched out for you to a degree.” …

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Betty Anderson’s introduction to SOCM

Leave a Comment / Impact of SHC, Stories, Theme: Health Care, Theme: Health Care - Stories, Theme: Organizing, Theme: Organizing - Stories, Themes / By Gillian McCuistion

Betty Anderson shares how she first became involved with Save Our Cumberland Mountains (SOCM) and the Student Health Coalition. Included in her account is a story about how she and others responded to opposition of the rural health clinics in Petros, Norma, and Stoney Fork, Tenn.

Decline of coal camp healthcare and subsequent basis of need for reform

Leave a Comment / Power and Politics in Health Care, Pre-Existing Conditions, Stories / By Gillian McCuistion

Charles “Boomer” Winfrey and Maureen O’Connell discuss the local healthcare setting upon Save Our Cumberland Mountain’s (SOCM) and the Student Health Coalition’s (SHC) early stages of community organizing in East Tennessee. Maureen details several local factors which established a major basis of need for healthcare reform. Recorded on May 20, 2013. Full footage of …

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Bob Hartmann on the influence of cultural understandings about death and healing

Leave a Comment / Cultural Encounters, Stories / By Gillian McCuistion

Bob Hartmann shares about a Stoney Fork community member known as Uncle Ben and speaks to the impact of local culture—particularly as it regards matters of death and healing—on rural healthcare. Full footage of Bob Hartmann’s interview with Rick Davidson.

Bob Hartmann on community medicine in Stoney Fork, TN

Leave a Comment / Cultural Encounters, Health Fairs, Community Clinics & Councils, Stories / By Gillian McCuistion

Bob Hartmann shares an inside look at the culture and people of Stoney Fork, Tenn., a fascinating anecdote which captures the realities of rural healthcare and community medicine. Full footage of Bob Hartmann’s interview with Rick Davidson.

Bob Hartmann on the National Health Service Corps and its role in his development as a young doctor

Personal/Professional Growth, Stories / By Gillian McCuistion

Bob Hartmann shares about his return to Mountain People’s Health Councils (MPHC) after graduating from Vanderbilt medical school and explains the role of the National Health Service Corps in his education and early professional development. Full footage of Bob Hartmann’s interview with Rick Davidson.

Rick Davidson on connecting with local communities through music

Leave a Comment / Cultural Encounters, Stories / By Biff Hollingsworth

Richard Davidson M.D., M.P.H., talks about how music allowed him to connect with members of the communities he served as the first physician for Mountain People’s Health Councils (MPHC), a consortium of health clinics originally formed by the communities of Norma (Scott County), Petros (Morgan County), and Stoney Fork (Campbell County), Tenn. Each clinic grew …

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