African American men and women suffer from health problems such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, AIDS, sickle cell anemia, and various forms of cancer, often at a higher rate than the rest of the population. There is a need for information about these and other health problems...
So now would also be a very good time to determine just what the plight of the African American woman is when it comes to health issues. Truth be told, it seems that some health risks are more of a problem with certain racial groups than others. This is the case with African ...
Credit: Case Western Reserve University African-Americans who regularly attend church are far less likely to suffer from mental-health issues, including depression and suicide, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University. The findings, recently published in theJournal of Community Psyc...
Anxiety and depression are prevalent issues within SSA migrant communities. Still, African patients generally seek mental health-related medical care less frequently due to the stigma associated with mental health care and traditional beliefs about these illnesses. However, there is a growing acceptance ...
Critique [of American Medical and Intellectual Reaction to African Health Issues, 1850-1960: From Racialism to Cross-Cultural Medicine by David McBride] 来自 scholarscompass.vcu.edu 喜欢 0 阅读量: 33 作者: HM Castillo 摘要: David McBride unravels an informative set of historical events linking ...
this handbook focuses on the diseases that pose the greatest threat to African American women today. Topics include African American women and heart disease, sickle cell, breast cancer, diabetes, HIV and AIDS, as well as mental illness. Social issues that affect health are examined, including pov...
February isAmerican Heart Month, and Dr.Karla Robinsonand Dr.Robert C. Robinson III, fromUrban HousecalljoinedRoland Martinon “NewsOne Now” to share some important information on heart health and perform a quick lesson in the life-saving skill of CPR. ...
African-American Health 来自 Springer 喜欢 0 阅读量: 32 作者: S Loue 摘要: The triangle represents our agency's role as a fulcrum—the point on which a lever pivots—boosting the community's health by leveraging the strengths of all stakeholders. The fulcrum is also a point of ...
"Culturally sensitive providers are more likely to obtain a better understanding of the core issues that influencehealth behaviorsand have greater success in administering treatments," she added. Malcolm Williams, Ph.D., a health disparities expert at RAND Corporation, said the health care community ...
Methodological Issues in Conducting Community-Based Health and Social Services Research Among Urban Black and African American LGBT Populations 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 21 作者:Wheeler,Darrell P.摘要: Health and social service utilization experiences of disenfranchised groups have recently ...