Interview with Howard Hughes of the Dimock Community Health Center
Description:
In this clip Howard Hughes, Director of the Dimock Community Health Center's alcoholism program, talks about the formation of the Community Health Center as a specialized place for minorities to seek help and treatment. Overall the program examines a number of health issues prevalent in the the African American community and provides contact information for health-related resources. Host Topper Carew, narrating over still photography, introduces interview segments with Say Brother writer/researcher Dighton Spooner and Dr. Houston Kelly (on hypertension and the diet of the Black community), Dr. Louis Sullivan of the Boston Sickle Cell Center (on the physical and political implications of sickle cell anemia), Howard Hughes, Director of the Dimock Community Health Center's alcoholism program (on recognizing and treating alcohol problems), Dr. Edward Hurwitz (on foot care), and Dr. Ronald Weston (on dental care and early prevention). Carew, alone, narrates informational segments on lead paint poisoning, mental health, and drug abuse, over still photography. Produced by Topper Carew. Directed by Conrad White.
