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| Call Number | RG16.S26 B46 2000 |
| Title | Ciel Benedetto : a history of the Santa Cruz Women's Health Center, 1985-2000 / interviewed by Irene Reti ; edited by Irene Reti & Randall Jarrell |
| Series Title | Santa Cruz History |
| Creator |
Benedetto, Ciel, narrator Reti, Irene, 1961- , interviewer Jarrell, Randall, editor |
| Publisher | Santa Cruz, Calif. : University of California, Santa Cruz, University Library |
| Date of Publication | 2000 |
| Description/Abstract | Santa Cruz Women's Health Center (SCWHC) director Benedetto traces the evolution of this unique community institution, now celebrating its 25th anniversary. Founded in 1974 as a pioneering, feminist health collective, SCWHC is now a thriving health organization operating in today's complex managed care environment. Benedetto has guided the center through this transition, maintaining its feminist perspective while overseeing an annual budget of more than $1 million. SCWHC is one of the country's few remaining women's health centers and now provides more than 8,000 patient visits annually in general medicine, gynecology, prenatal care, family planning, and pediatrics. The agency also provides information and referral services, low-cost acupuncture, free mental health and nutritional counseling, and health and HIV education. Benedetto begins her commentary with a discussion of the agency's socialist-feminist political origins as a collective and its commitment to consensus decision making. This phase eventually gave way to a more traditional organizational structure as the agency matured. Benedetto details the agency's myriad activities, including its highly developed volunteer training program, which has produced a remarkable number of alumni over the years who have become agents of change as physicians, health care providers, and women's rights advocates. Among the other activities of the center are the production of its internationally distributed newsletter and health education materials; the provision of new contraceptive methods such as the cervical cap; and its participation in breast cancer research studies. SCWHC has maintained its commitment to diversity in its staff and patient population over the years and has a singular reputation among international health agencies for women and children. |
| Subject.LCSH |
Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center (Calif.) Santa Cruz (Calif.) Women's health services Health services administrators |
| Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Original Size | 155 leaves, [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Owning Institution & Contact Info | University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library, Regional History Project. 1156 High Street. Santa Cruz, CA, 95064. (831) 459-2847. ihreti@ucsc.edu |
| Owning Institution Homepage | http://library.ucsc.edu/reg-hist/ |
| Copyright Statement | PLEASE NOTE: These interviews are provided for research purposes only. All uses of these manuscripts are covered by copyright agreement between the interviewees and the Regents of the University of California. All the literary rights in these manuscripts, including the right to publish, are reserved to the University of California, Santa Cruz. No part of these manuscripts may be quoted for publication without the permission of the University Librarian of the University of California, Santa Cruz. |
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| Title | benedetto1 |
| Owning Institution & Contact Info | University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library, Regional History Project. 1156 High Street. Santa Cruz, CA, 95064. (831) 459-2847. ihreti@ucsc.edu |
| Owning Institution Homepage | http://library.ucsc.edu/reg-hist/ |
| Copyright Statement | PLEASE NOTE: These interviews are provided for research purposes only. All uses of these manuscripts are covered by copyright agreement between the interviewees and the Regents of the University of California. All the literary rights in these manuscripts, including the right to publish, are reserved to the University of California, Santa Cruz. No part of these manuscripts may be quoted for publication without the permission of the University Librarian of the University of California, Santa Cruz. |
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