The ''Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved'' is an

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founded in 1990 by

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, then President of Meharry Medical College who later became the 16th

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. ''JHCPU'' is published by the

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for Meharry and is affiliated with th
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
The journal covers the health and health care of medically underserved populations in North and Central America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa, as well as internally dispossessed Indigenous populations worldwide. The topical scope is broad covering such areas as the epidemiology of inequities, structural racism, social determinants of health, quality, costs, regulation, legislation, and disease prevention. Articles primarily take the form of scholarly research, as well as policy analyses and book reviews. The current editor is Virginia Brennan of Meharry Medical College. The journal is published quarterly in February, May, August, and November, with occasional supplemental issues. It is listed as one of the nation's leading ''Health Policy'' journals by the

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and as an essential core journal in ''Public Health Practice'' by the Medical Library Association's Core Public Health Journals Project.

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