African American Health

Latest News
• Cigarettes More of a Risk for Black Americans (03/29/2001, Reuters)
• Gatekeepers' Denial of ER Care Affects Blacks Most (03/27/2001, Reuters)
• Final Test of Drug to Treat Heart Failure in Blacks (03/12/2001, New York Times Syndicate)
• African American Teens at Greater Risk of Tobacco Addiction (01/30/2001, National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• More News on African American Health

General/Overviews

• Empower Yourself! Learn Your Cholesterol Number (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read

Nutrition

• Be Heart Smart! Eat Foods Lower in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read
• Down Home Healthy Cookin': Recipes and Healthy Cooking Tips (National Cancer Institute)
• Spice Up Your Life! Eat Less Salt and Sodium (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read

Prevention/Screening

• Babies Sleep Safest on Their Backs: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - African American Outreach Parent Brochure
• Protect Your Heart! Prevent High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read
• Tamoxifen Found to be Equally Effective for Black and White Women (National Cancer Institute)

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• African Americans and Tobacco (American Lung Association)
• Course of Breast Cancer Treatment Differs for Black and White Women (National Cancer Institute)
• Diabetes in African Americans (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)
• Elevated Risk of Glaucoma Among African Americans (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Embrace Your Health! Lose Weight if You are Overweight (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read
• Energize Yourself! Stay Physically Active (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read
• HIV/AIDS Among African Americans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Mechanics of African-Americans' Deadly Hypertension (Center for Cardiovascular Education, Inc.)
• Sickle Cell Disease (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)

Treatment

• Refresh Yourself! Stop Smoking (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read

Organizations

• Office of Minority Health Resource Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Office of Research on Minority Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Minority Health)

Statistics

• African Americans and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
• Prevalence of Substance Abuse Among Racial/Ethnic Subgroups in the United States, 1991-1993 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• State-Specific Prevalence of Selected Health Behaviors, by Race and Ethnicity -- Behavioral Risk Factor, 1997 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Tobacco Use Among US Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups: A Report of the Surgeon General (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Children

• Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) (American Lung Association)

Teenagers

• African American Teens at Greater Risk of Tobacco Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Women

• Frequently Asked Questions about Women's Health: African American Women's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Osteoporosis and African-American Women (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)
• What Black Women Should Know about Lupus (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)