Two Dartmouth students conducted research for the Good Neighbor Health Clinic, a local rural, free health clinic. The clinic opened in January 1992 to provide free, primary medical care to residents of the Upper Valley who have no health insurance, do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid and who have no means to pay for care. The clinic is staffed by professional and lay volunteers and one full-time paid manager. The clinic also serves as an advocate for patients needing food, housing, clothing and other basic necessities of life. Research conducted by the students will be used by the clinic to focus services; stimulate on-campus awareness of poverty, the health care crisis and the need for community medicine; and increase the clinic’s volunteer base.

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