African-American Health

Overviews

• Improving Your Health: Tips for African American Men and Women(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Latest News

• Stress Adds to Salt Load of Some Blacks, Study Says(09/12/2012, HealthDay)
• Fewer Blacks, Hispanics Get New Heart Device(09/05/2012, Reuters Health)
• Minority-Serving Hospitals Have Problems with Quality of Care and Patient Satisfaction(09/01/2012, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Race May Affect Quality of Prostate Cancer Surgical Care(08/28/2012, HealthDay)
• Black Stroke Survivors Face Greater Risk from High Blood Pressure(08/16/2012, American Heart Association)
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Prevention/Screening

• Make Health a Family Reunion Affair(National Diabetes Education Program) - PDF

Nutrition

• Energize Yourself and Your Family(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Heart-Healthy Home Cooking: African American Style(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - PDF
• Surviving Cancer, Eating Well(National Cancer Institute) - PDF
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Specific Conditions

• African Americans and Sexually Transmitted Diseases(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
• African-Americans and Alzheimer's Disease(Alzheimer's Association)
• Anyone Can Get Skin Cancer - Learn How to Protect the Skin You're In!(National Cancer Institute) - PDF
• Are You at Risk for Oral Cancer? What African American Men Need to Know(National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)
• Arthritis in African Americans(Arthritis Foundation)
• Cancer 101(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Colorectal Cancer Is Preventable: Information for African Americans(National Cancer Institute) - PDF
• Does Your Family History Include Type 2 Diabetes?(National Diabetes Education Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Epilepsy and the African-American Community(Epilepsy Foundation)
• Facts about Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) for African Americans(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - PDF
• For People of African, Mediterranean, or Southeast Asian Heritage: Important Information about Diabetes Blood Tests(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - PDF
• Ten Ways African Americans Can Prevent Type 2 Diabetes(National Diabetes Education Program) - PDF
• What about African Americans and High Blood Pressure?(American Heart Association) - PDF
• What African Americans with Diabetes or High Blood Pressure Need to Know: Get Checked for Kidney Disease(National Kidney Disease Education Program)
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Related Issues

• Dealing with Diabetes: How to Support a Loved One with the Disease(National Diabetes Education Program) - PDF
• Mental Health in the African American Community(American Psychiatric Association) - PDF
• Pathways to Freedom: Winning the Fight against Tobacco(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dept. of Health and Human Services) - PDF
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Videos

• African American Men and Prostate Cancer(National Cancer Institute)
• Need to Know: The Importance of HIV Testing(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Oral Cancer: What African American Men Need to Know(National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)
• What is Glaucoma?(National Eye Institute)
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Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: African Americans(National Institutes of Health)
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Research

• Blacks Less Likely Than Whites, Hispanics to Get Evidence-Based Stroke Care(American Heart Association)
• Gene Variants That Prevent African Sleeping Sickness Increase Kidney Disease Risk(National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
• Health Disparities(National Institutes of Health)
• Lower Blood Pressure Goal Benefits African Americans with Chronic Kidney Disease and Protein in the Urine(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Too Many Cases, Too Many Deaths: Lung Cancer in African Americans(American Lung Association) - PDF
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Journal Articles

References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: African American preschool children's physical activity levels in Head Start.
• Article: The neuroscience of race.
• Article: Vitamin D intake is inversely related to risk of developing...
• African-American Health -- see more articles
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Directories

• National Medical Association Physician Locator(National Medical Association)
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Organizations

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Also available in Spanish
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
• Office of Minority Health(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
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Statistics

• African American Community Mental Health Fact Sheet(NAMI) - PDF
• African American Suicide(American Association of Suicidology) - PDF
• African Americans and Smoking(American Lung Association)
• Asthma and African Americans(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Black Americans and HIV/AIDS(Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) - PDF
• Black or African American Populations(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans, 2009-2010(American Cancer Society) - PDF
• Chronic Liver Disease and African Americans(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Diabetes Epidemic among African Americans(National Diabetes Education Program) - PDF
• FastStats: Health of Black or African American Population(National Center for Health Statistics)
• Health, United States, 2009: Black or African American Population(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Heart Disease and African Americans(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Heart Disease and Stroke Maps(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• HIV/AIDS among African Americans(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Mental Health and African Americans(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• State of Lung Disease in Diverse Communities 2010(American Lung Association) - PDF
• Substance Use among Black Adolescents(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Substance Use among Black Adults(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Tuberculosis in Blacks(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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MedlinePlus Magazine

• Control Blood Pressure, Protect Your Kidneys
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Children

• Helping Children Cope with Crisis: Activity Book(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (African American Outreach)(National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
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Women

• Celebrate the Beauty of Youth(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Fit and Fabulous As You Mature(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Health Problems in African American Women(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)
• Heart Truth for African American Women(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - PDF
• Osteoporosis and African American Women(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States(Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) - PDF
• Your Guide to Breastfeeding for African-American Women(Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health) - PDF
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