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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 Black and African Americans.
Related Issues
- African-American Hair: Tips for Everyday Care (American Academy of Dermatology)
- Anyone Can Get Skin Cancer (National Cancer Institute) - PDF Also in Spanish
- Surprising Truth about Prediabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Tips from Former Smokers: African Americans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
Specifics
- A1C Test and Race/Ethnicity (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- African Americans and Glaucoma (Glaucoma Research Foundation)
- Black People, Heart Disease and Stroke (American Heart Association)
- High Blood Pressure among Black People (American Heart Association)
- How MS Affects the Black Community (National Multiple Sclerosis Society) - PDF
- Impact of HIV on Black People in the United States (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Sickle Cell Anemia: MedlinePlus Health Topic (National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
Statistics and Research
- African American People and Commercial Tobacco: Health Disparities and Ways to Advance Health Equity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Asthma and African Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Cancer and African Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- 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)
- Infant Mortality and African Americans (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Mental and Behavioral Health - Black/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)
- Setting Goals to Be More Active Slows Memory Decline in Older African Americans (National Institute on Aging)
- Tuberculosis and Black or African American Persons (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Black and African Americans (National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Moving towards transformative justice for black women survivors of intimate partner...
- Article: Loneliness and pain among community-dwelling middle-aged and older Black, Latino, and...
- Article: Disability and Racial Justice Go Hand in Hand: A Commentary on...
- Black and African American Health -- see more articles
Women
- It's Only Natural: Mother's Love, Mother's Milk (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health) Also in Spanish
- The Heart Truth for African American Women: Take Action to Protect Your Heart (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - PDF
- The Truth About African American Women and Heart Disease (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - PDF