African American Community Health Class Links:
Health Disparities
- Unnatural Causes: www.unnaturalcauses.org
- CDC Highlights in Minority Health & Health Disparities: http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/Highlights/Highlight.htm#DISPARITIES0
- CDC Health Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5401a1.htm
- AHRQ National Healthcare Disparities Report 2009: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr09/nhdr09.pdf
- US DHHS HRSA: http://www.healthdisparities.net/hdc/html/home.aspx
- CDC Health United States, 2007: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf
- CDC Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/resources/reports/2006report/pdf/2006SurveillanceReport.pdf
- CDC Leading Causes of Death: http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/populations/BAA/BAA.htm#Ten
NN/LM Information
- NN/LM Training: http://nnlm.gov/sea/training
- NN/LM Funding: http://nnlm.gov/sea/funding
- NN/LM Funded Projects: http://nnlm.gov/sea/funding/projects.html
- NN/LM Newsletter: http://nnlm.gov/sea/newsletter
Other Funding
- Grants.gov: http://www.grants.gov
- Community of Science (COS) Funding: http://fundingopps.cos.com/about/fundingopps.shtml
Community Outreach & Partnerships
- NN/LM Public Libraries and community Partners: Working together to provide health information: http://nnlm.gov/outreach/community/
- Community Tool Box: http://ctb.ku.edu/en/default.aspx
- Healthy People Library Project: http://www.healthlit.org/index.htm
- Thrive:http://thrive.preventioninstitute.org/thrive/index.php
Reliable Online Health Resources
- MedlinePlus: http://medlineplus.gov/
- Clinical Trials: http://clinicaltrials.gov/
- NIH SeniorHealth: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/
- Genetics Home Reference: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/
- AIDSinfo: http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/
- Center for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov
- African American Health Center: http://www.netwellness.org/healthtopics/aahealth/
- BlackHealthcare.com: http://www.blackhealthcare.com
- Office of Minority Health: http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/
- Center for African American Health: http://www.caahealth.org
- Black Aids Institute: http://www.blackaids.org
- National Cancer Institute: http://www.cancer.gov
- American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/africanamerican/
- American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org
- American Stroke Association: http://www.strokeassociation.org
- American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org
- Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2007/2008: http://www.cancer.org/Research/CancerFactsFigures/CancerFactsFiguresforAfricanAmericans/cancer-facts-figures-for-african-americans-2007-2008
- Cancer Care: http://www.cancercare.org
- Sisters Network: http://www.sistersnetworkinc.org
- National Kidney Disease Education Program: http://www.nkdep.nih.gov
- NKDEP brochure: http://www.nkdep.nih.gov/resources/African_American_brochure.htm
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov
- NDIC African American: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/africanamerican
- Minority Women’s Health: http://womenshealth.gov/minority/africanamerican/stroke.cfm
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/ heart/other/chdblack/index.htm
- Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/cooking.pdf
- National Stroke Association: http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AAMER
- Minority Women’s Health: http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/africanamerican/
- Black Aids Day: http://www.blackaidsday.org
- HIV Testing: http://www.hivtest.org/
- National Minority Aids Council: http://www.nmac.org
- Kaiser Family Foundation AIDS Fact Sheet: http://www.kff.org/hivaids/upload/6089-07.pdf
- AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Families: http://www.aids-alliance.org
- American Red Cross HIV/AIDS Education: http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.86f46a12f382290517a8f210b80f78a0/?vgnextoid=bdb70c45f663b110VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD&vgnextfmt=def
- Kaiser Network Daily Report on HIV/AIDS: http://www.kaisernetwork.org
- Women Alive: http://www.women-alive.org
- The Body: http://www.thebody.com/content/art46201.html
- AVERT: http://www.avert.org/hiv-african-americans.htm
- DHHS National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: http://www.aids.gov/awareness-days/
