Resources

• African American Health (National Institutes of Health)
• African American Teens at Greater Risk of Tobacco Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• African Americans and Kidney Disease Fact Sheet (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• African Americans and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
• African Americans and Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• African Americans Unaware of High Kidney Disease Risk (National Institutes of Health)
• African-American Health (Medline Plus)
• Alcohol Alert: Alcohol and Minorities: An Update (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
• Asthma: A Concern for Minority Populations (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• 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 (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Back to Sleep Campaign Door Hanger-African American Outreach (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Be Heart Smart! Eat Foods Lower in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Be Heart Smart! Eat Foods Lower in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol [Easy-to-Read] (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Bipolar Disorder and African Americans (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
• Black or African American Populations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health)
• Cancer Health Disparities (National Cancer Institute)
• Celebrate the Beauty of Youth (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health
• Clinical Depression and African Americans (National Mental Health Association)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: African Americans (National Institutes of Health)
• Diabetes in African Americans (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Diabetes Statistics for African Americans (American Diabetes Association)
• Embrace Your Health! Lose Weight if You are Overweight [Easy-to-Read] (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Empower Yourself! Learn Your Cholesterol Number (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Empower Yourself! Learn Your Cholesterol Number [Easy-to-Read] (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Energize Yourself and Your Family (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Energize Yourself! Stay Physically Active [Easy-to-Read] (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• False Beliefs a Threat to Lung Cancer Patients (American Cancer Society)
• Fit and Fabulous As You Mature (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Fruits and Vegetables: Men Shoot for 9 (National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS)
• Genetic Risk Factor Found for Lupus in African American Women (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Health Disparities: Minority Research and Training Activities at NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Health Problems in African-American Women (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Heart-Healthy Home Cooking African American Style (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Heart-Healthy Home Cooking: African American Style (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Links to PDF File
• Helping Children Cope with Crisis: A Guide for African American Parents (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Helping Children Cope with Crisis: A Workbook for African American Families (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• High Cholesterol Elevates Women's Risk of Stroke Death (American Heart Association)
• HIV and AIDS Still Gaining Strength Among Minorities, Women (Office of the Director)
• HIV Infection in Minority Populations (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• HIV/AIDS Among African Americans (National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention)
• HIV/AIDS among US Women: Minority and Young Women at Continuing Risk (CDC National Prevention Information Network)
• Improving Cardiovascular Health in African Americans. Package of Seven Easy-To-Read Booklets (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Improving Depression Care has Long-Lasting Benefits for African Americans and Hispanics (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Improving Your Health: Tips for African American Men and Women (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Improving Your Health: Tips for African American Men and Women (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
• Innovations in Scar Management Offer Encouraging News for African American Plastic Surgery Patients (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• Intervention Improves Control of High Blood Pressure in Young Inner-City African-American Men (National Institutes of Health)
• Leading Causes of Death for Women in the United States, 2000 (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Medication and Psychotherapy Treat Depression in Low-Income Minority Women (National Institutes of Health)
• Minorities and Biomedical Research (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
• Minority Cancer Awareness (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
• National Cooperative Study of Hereditary Prostate Cancer in African-Americans (National Human Genome Research Institute)
• National Medical Association
• New Birth Report Shows More Moms Get Prenatal Care (National Center for Health Statistics)
• NHLBI Study Finds Dramatic Decline in Physical Activity among African-American and White Girls (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• NMA Physician Locator (National Medical Association)
• Office of Minority Health Resource Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
• Osteoporosis and African-American Women (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• Pathways to Freedom for African American smokers (National Cancer Institute)
• Protect Your Heart! Prevent High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Protect Your Heart! Prevent High Blood Pressure [Easy-to-Read] (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Racial / Ethnic Health Disparities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF File
• Recent Trends in Mortality Rates for Four Major Cancers, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity--U.S., 1990-1998 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Refresh Yourself! Stop Smoking (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)
• Refresh Yourself! Stop Smoking [Easy-to-Read] (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• Researchers Adapt HIV Risk Prevention Program for African-American Women (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• SIDS: (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Skin Care for African-Americans (American Academy of Dermatology)
• Spice Up Your Life! Eat Less Salt and Sodium [Easy-to-Read] (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• State Fact Sheets about Heart Disease among Men (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• State Fact Sheets about Heart Disease among Women (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• You Have the Power to Prevent Kidney Disease: Learn the Risks (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)