African American Health

General/ Overviews

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

News-Focused

• Tamoxifen Found to be Equally Effective for Black and White Women (National Cancer Institute)

Nutrition

• Down Home Healthy Cookin': Recipes and Healthy Cooking Tips (National Cancer Institute)
• Heart-Healthy Home Cooking: African American Style (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - links to PDF file
• Spice Up Your Life! Eat Less Salt and Sodium (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read

Organizations

• Office of Research on Minority Health (National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Minority Health)

Prevention/ Screening

• Protect Your Heart! Prevent High Blood Pressure (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - Easy-to-Read

Specific Conditions/ Aspects

• African Americans and Tobacco (American Lung Association)
• Alcohol Alert: Alcohol and Minorities (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
• Course of Breast Cancer Treatment Differs for Black and White Women (National Cancer Institute)
• Diabetes in African Americans (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse)
• 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
• Mechanics of African-Americans' Deadly Hypertension (Center for Cardiovascular Education, Inc.)
• Sickle Cell Disease (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)

Statistics

• African Americans and Lung Disease (American Lung Association)
• Health Status of Racial/Ethnic Older Women (Bureau of Primary Health Care)
• 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)

Treatment

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

Women

• Frequently Asked Questions about Women's Health: African American Women's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Health Status of Racial/Ethnic Older Women (Bureau of Primary Health Care)
• Osteoporosis and African-American Women (Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center)