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Every racial or ethnic group has specific health concerns. Differences in the health of groups can result from
- Genetics
- Environmental factors
- Access to care
- Cultural factors
On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect African Americans.
- African American Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
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Improving Your Health: Tips for African American Men and Women
(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Related Issues
- African-American Hair: Tips for Everyday Care (American Academy of Dermatology)
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Anyone Can Get Skin Cancer
(National Cancer Institute)
- PDF
Also in Spanish
- Pathways to Freedom: Winning the Fight against Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services) - PDF
- Resolve to Prevent or Delay Type 2 Diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Diabetes Education Program)
Specifics
- African Americans and Glaucoma (Glaucoma Research Foundation)
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African Americans and High Blood Pressure
(American Heart Association)
- PDF
- African Americans and Multiple Sclerosis (National Multiple Sclerosis Society) - PDF
- African-Americans and Heart Disease, Stroke (American Heart Association)
- Black Americans and HIV/AIDS (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
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Facts about Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) for African Americans
(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- PDF
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For People of African, Mediterranean, or Southeast Asian Heritage: Important Information about Diabetes Blood Tests
(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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Sickle Cell Anemia: MedlinePlus Health Topic
(National Library of Medicine)
Also in Spanish
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What You Need to Know about Stroke
(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Statistics and Research
- African American Suicide (American Association of Suicidology) - PDF
- Cancer and African Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- CDC Vital Signs: Breast Cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Chronic Liver Disease and African Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- FastStats: Health of Black or African American non-Hispanic Population (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Heart Disease and African Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- HIV/AIDS among African Americans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Immunizations and African Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Infant Mortality and African Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Mental Health and African Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Obesity and African Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Too Many Cases, Too Many Deaths: Lung Cancer in African Americans (American Lung Association)
- Tuberculosis in Blacks (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: African Americans
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
Find an Expert
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Also in Spanish
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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- Office of Minority Health (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
Women
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Celebrate the Beauty of Youth
(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- It's Only Natural: Mother's Love, Mother's Milk (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health) Also in Spanish
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Stay Fit as You Mature
(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)