African-American Health

Children

1.	Helping Children Cope with Crisis: A Guide for Afr National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/crisis/helping_children_crisis.h...




2.	Helping Children Cope with Crisis: A Workbook for National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/hccc/helping_children.htm

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: African Americans National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/term=%22african+american%22&recruiting=tru...

Directories

1.	NMA Physician Locator National Medical Association http://www.nmaphysicianlocatorservice.org/

Men

1.	Fruits and Vegetables: Men Shoot for 9 Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute http://5aday.gov/9aday/

National Institutes of Health

1.	Improving Your Health: Tips for African American M NIDDK Weight-Control Information Network http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/improving.htm

Nutrition

1.	Spice Up Your Life! Eat Less Salt and Sodium National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/spice1.htm




2.	Heart-Healthy Home Cooking: African American Style National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/cooking.pdf




3.	Energize Yourself and Your Family NIDDK Weight-Control Information Network http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/energize.htm




4.	Be Heart Smart! Eat Foods Lower in Saturated Fat a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/smart1.htm

Organizations

1.	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office http://www.cdc.gov/omh/




2.	National Medical Association http://www.nmanet.org/




3.	Office of Minority Health Resource Center Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health http://www.omhrc.gov/




4.	National Center on Minority Health and Health Disp http://ncmhd.nih.gov/

Prevention/Screening

1.	You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.nkdep.nih.gov/resources/kidney_problems.htm




2.	Protect Your Heart! Prevent High Blood Pressure National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/protect1.htm

Related Issues

1.	Refresh Yourself! Stop Smoking National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/refresh1.htm




2.	Skin Care for African-Americans American Academy of Dermatology http://www.aad.org/public/Parentskids/KidsConnection/KCSkin.htm




3.	Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: What Ever National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/mission/partner/african_americans.pdf




4.	Melanoma in African Americans American Academy of Dermatology http://www.aad.org/public/News/NewsReleases/Melanoma_AfricanAmericans.htm




5.	Bipolar Disorder and African Americans Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/BipolarDisorderAfricanAmericans.cfm




6.	Arthritis in African Americans Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/african_americans.asp




7.	African-Americans at Special Risk Glaucoma Research Foundation http://www.glaucoma.org/afr_amer.html




8.	Diabetes in African Americans National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/africanamerican/index.htm




9.	Embrace Your Health! Lose Weight if You are Overw National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/embrace1.htm




10.	Empower Yourself! Learn Your Cholesterol Number National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/empower1.htm




11.	Energize Yourself! Stay Physically Active National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/energiz1.htm




12.	Innovations in Scar Management Offer Encouraging N American Society of Plastic Surgeons http://www.plasticsurgery.org/news_room/press_releases/Innovations-in-Scar-...




13.	How Being Black Affects Your Blood Pressure Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HI00067




14.	Health Disparities: Minority Cancer Awareness National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/minorityawareness.htm

Research

1.	Improving Depression Care Has Long-Lasting Benefit Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/depminpr.htm




2.	African Americans Unaware of High Kidney Disease R National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2004/niddk-08.htm




3.	African Americans: Answers about HIV Vaccine Resea National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/Publications/pdf/NIAID_HVAD_AA_FS.pdf




4.	Blacks in the South Have Greater Risk of Dying fro American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3028569




5.	Ending Racial Disparities in Health Care Could Sav American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/x31159.xml




6.	Findings for Racial Sub-Groups Show Diuretics Work National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2005/nhlbi-05.htm




7.	Lupus and the Role of Epstein-Barr Virus American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org/press/2005/lupusebv0405.asp

Statistics

1.	Heart Disease and Stroke Maps National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/giscvh/(1yuitx45dju3yt45zdgxg555)/default.aspx




2.	Racial / Ethnic Health Disparities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs040402.htm




3.	Lung Disease Data in Culturally Diverse Communitie American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=308853




4.	HIV/AIDS Among African Americans Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/afam.htm




5.	Black or African American Populations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health http://www.cdc.gov/omh/Populations/BAA/BAA.htm




6.	African Americans and Tobacco American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35988




7.	African Americans and Tobacco Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_1998/sgr-min-fs-afr.htm




8.	African Americans and Lung Disease American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35976

Women

1.	HIV/AIDS among Women Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/women.htm




2.	High Cholesterol Elevates Women's Risk of Str American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3003620




3.	Health Problems in African-American Women National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/minority/africanamercian.htm




4.	Fit and Fabulous As You Mature NIDDK Weight-Control Information Network http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/mature.htm




5.	Celebrate the Beauty of Youth NIDDK Weight-Control Information Network http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/celebrate.htm




6.	Osteoporosis and African-American Women Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center http://www.osteo.org/newfile.asp?doc=r607i&doctitle=Osteoporosis+and+Africa...