Health Links

Health Organizations

African American Health Issues

• AIDS/HIV
  • http://www.healthgap.omhrc.gov/hiv_aids.htm
  • HIV Infection in Minority Populations
  • HIV/AIDS Among African Americans
  • http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AMH/factsheets/hiv.htm
• Alzheimer
  • http://www.szp.swets.nl/szp/journals/tc152196.htm
  • http://www.ethnicelderscare.net/ethnicity&dementia.htm
  • http://www.alzheimersupport.com
• Arthritis
  • http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2001/June/erJune.25/6_25_01arthritis.html
  • http://www.arthritis.org/conditions/DrugGuide/default.asp
  • http://www.dhss.state.mo.us/maop/datafactsreports.htm
• Asthma
  • http://www.texaslung.org/educationalresources/factsheets/africanamericansandasthma.htm
  • http://www.lungusa.org/press/asthma/asthma_092602african.html
  • http://www.pharmacytimes.com/article.cfm?ID=110
• Closing the Health Gap
  • www.healthgap.omhrc.gov
• Cancer
  • http://www.cancer.org/docroot/SPC/content/SPC_1_African_American_Cancer_Feature_Feb_2003.asp
  • http://www.journeytowellness.com/biotechnical/
  • http://psa-rising.com/medicalpike/africanamer.htm
• Cardiovascular Disease
  • http://www.hbns.org/newsrelease/higher7-5-19-00.cfm
  • http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3007879
  • http://www.cdc.gov/omh/AMH/factsheets/cardio.htm
• Dental Care
  • http://apha.confex.com/apha/130am/techprogram/paper_39358.htm
  • http://www.dental.upenn.edu/about/news/061202_Slaughter.htm
  • http://www.ndaonline.org/NHTSA_grant.htm
• Diabetes
  • http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/africanamerican/
  • http://www.diabetes.org/main/community/outreach/african_americans/default.jsp
  • http://www.preventdiabetes.com/resafam.htm
  • http://www.blackhealthcare.com/BHC/Diabetes/Description.asp
  • http://www.stratishealth.org/health-care/african-am-diabetes.html
• Glaucoma
  • http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ4ZTTLH4C&sub_cat=115
  • http://medicalreporter.health.org/tmr0397/glaucoma0397.html
  • http://www.umdnj.edu/umcweb/hstate/sum00/pulse/pulse06.htm
• Hypertension
  • http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000874C6-84ED-1CD6-B4A8809EC588EEDF
  • http://www.advocatehealth.com/beth/info/library/ham/spr01/beth-aa.html?heart
  • http://www.blackwomenshealth.com/hypertension.htm
  • http://www.healthylifeshow.org/html/healthissues_aa.html
• Immunization
  • http://apha.confex.com/apha/130am/techprogram/paper_41999.htm
  • http://www.aap.org/research/abstracts/01abstract6.htm
  • http://www.hbns.org/newsrelease/infants4-20-01.cfm
• Kidney Disease
  • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12191981&dopt=Abstract
  • http://www.kidney.org/general/news/factsheet.cfm?id=2
• Mental Health
  • http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/cre/fact1.asp
  • http://www.healthgap.omhrc.gov/mental_health.htm
• Nutrition
  • http://ohioline.osu.edu/ss-fact/pdf/0172.pdf
  • http://www.nutrition.org
• Sickle Cell Anemia
  • http://www.scinfo.org/
  • http://sickle.bwh.harvard.edu/
  • http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/
  • http://rad.usuhs.mil/rad/home/cases/sickle.html
• Stroke
  • http://www.defeatdiabetes.org/Articles/stroke030120.htm
  • http://www.safetyalerts.com/t/g/afroamerheart.htm
• Substance Abuse
  • http://www.omhrc.gov/healthgap2002/substance_abuse.htm
  • http://ssw.unc.edu/RTI/notes/PDFs/NotesAfricanAmerican.pdf
  • http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/Contcare/chemicalhealth/population.htm
• Tobacco Abuse
  • http://www.drugabuse.gov/MedAdv/01/NR1-30.html
  • http://aihc1998.tripod.com/tobacco.html

Health Sites To See

Health information Web sites highly regarded by the medical/scientific community

• American Academy of Family Physicians

  • http://familydoctor.org

• American Academy of Neurology

  • http://www.aan.com/public/index.cfm

• American Academy of Pediatrics

  • http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/

• American Cancer Society

  • http://www.cancer.org/

• American College of Cardiology

  • http://www.acc.org/

• American College of Gastroenterology

  • http://www.acg.gi.org/

• American College of Physicians

  • http://www.acponline.org/

• American College of Surgeons

  • http://www.facs.org/

• American Diabetes Association

  • http://www.diabetes.org

• American Heart Association

  • http://www.americanheart.org

• American Lung Association

  • http://www.lungusa.org

• American Psychiatric Association

  • http://www.psych.org/

• Endocrine Society

  • http://www.endo-society.org/

• JAMA Patient Page

  • http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/collection/patient_page

• MERCK MANUAL

  • http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/home.jsp

• Mayo Clinic

  • http://www.mayoclinic.com/

• MedicineNet

  • http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp

• Medline Plus: Drug Information Drug Information

  • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

• Medline Plus

  • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medlineplus.html

• PubMed

  • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

• QuackWatch

  • Http://www.quackwatch.org/