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March 19, 2009 | Journal Article
Heart failure in African Americans under 50 occurs at 20 times the incidence of heart failure in Caucasians under 50. Additionally, risk factors for this condition--obesity, kidney disease, and hypertension--are already present in young African Americans, and go largely unaddressed.
May 14, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
"Many African American men are invisible from health care settings until their health conditions are severe," Keon Gilbert writes.
May 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Black men with prostate cancer have poorer disease-specific and overall survival rates than do their U.S. White counterparts. Comorbidity at the time of diagnosis has been shown to predict both overall survival and cause-specific mortality among Whi ...
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Roughly half of the population that suffers from sickle cell disease (SCD) is unemployed. This study investigated psychosocial variables (demographic, illness perception, and psychological) associated with employment status among African-Americans with SCD.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
A parent mentoring program which matches parents of minority, asthmatic children with trained parent mentors similar to themselves seems to be an inexpensive and effective way to help families manage their kids' asthma. There can actually be a net savings associated with families that extensively participate in such a program.
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The Center for Minority Health has developed sustainable public health interventions for the African-American community in Pittsburgh. Barbershops and beauty salons began providing vital health services and information.
June 22, 2007 | Program Result Report
The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan expanded a project to train hair stylists in African-American neighborhoods as lay health promoters to educate their clients about diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney disease.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Georgetown University studied the extent to which care provided to children with asthma in different Medicaid settings follows national guidelines for appropriate asthma care.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Friends for Life, a home visiting program in Waco, Texas formed partnerships with 30 congregations, adding to the dozen faith communities already affiliated with it.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Starting in March 1998, clergy in Waterbury, Conn. developed the Waterbury AIDS Outreach Ministries Program, a project to create a series of retreats and a buddy system for people with AIDS.