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Health
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Journey to Wellness: An Online Health Magazine For African Americans 
 This website features articles on health issues affecting African Americans, covering general health, disease and prevention, faith and wellness, and consumer health topics. Includes archived broadcasts of the Journey to Wellness radio talk show (hosted by Dr. Mary Harris) that broadcasts on CNN Radio and other stations. The website and radio show are produced by a communications company "specializing in the production and dissemination of health care information targeted to ethnic minorities." http://www.journeytowellness.com Topics: Black Resources, Health Last updated Mar 22, 2006 MedlinePlus: African-American Health
Collection of links to sites about health issues of importance to African-Americans. Topics include prevention and screening, nutrition, genetics, research, statistics (suicide, cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, and more), and material for men, women, and children. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 29, 2007 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD)
Material about this day observed annually each February. "The primary goal of NBHAAD is to motivate African Americans to get tested and know their HIV status; get educated about the transmission modes of HIV/AIDS; get involved in their local community; and get treated if they are currently living with HIV or are newly diagnosed." Includes facts and statistics, details about getting tested, video clips of public service announcements, and links to related sites. http://www.blackaidsday.org Topics: Black Resources, Infectious Diseases Last updated Jan 29, 2007 The Time Is Now!: The State of AIDS in Black America
Explains "the public care and treatment system that policymakers and activists worked together to create ... explaining how that system works and walking readers through the challenges it now faces. The report then highlights the most pressing prevention challenges for the Black community. It identifies the recurring barriers to stopping HIV's spread ... and discusses how political factors ... have frustrated the search for solutions." http://www.blackaids.org/ShowArticle.aspx?pagename=ShowArticle&articletype=RESOURCE&articleid=36&pagenumber=1 Topics: Black Resources, Infectious Diseases Last updated Jun 29, 2005 |
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