Complete resource guide for Black health, fitness and nutrition. Locate a Black physician or dentist, read about African American health issues such as diabetes, HIV/AIDS, cholesterol, high blood pressure, sickle cell, arthritis, cancer, asthma and more.
The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading 501(C)3 nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of communities. Find out what is happening in your area.
The mission of the Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
To fulfill this mission, the American Diabetes Association funds research, publishes scientific findings, provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health professionals and the public. The Association is also actively involved in advocating for scientific research and for the rights of people with diabetes.
Democratic presidential candidates are aware of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in African Americans, but none of them are offering a comprehensive strategy to reduce the problem, HIV/AIDS activist say. During a debate on Howard University, the eight candidates provided general comments on how the disease is disproportionately affecting black Americans, who are 12 percent of the U.S. population, but more than 50 percent of those newly diagnosed with HIV or AIDS.
The Association of Black Psychologists was founded in San Francisco in 1968 by a number of Black Psychologists from across the country. They united to actively address the serious problems facing Black Psychologists and the larger Black community. Guided by the principle of self determination, these psychologists set about building an institution through which they could address the long neglected needs of Black professionals. Their goal was to have a positive impact upon the mental health of the national Black community by means of planning, programs, services, training, and advocacy. Their objectives were:
* To organize their skills and abilities to influence necessary change, and
* To address themselves to significant social problems affecting the Black community and other segments of the population whose needs society has not fulfilled.
The Association of Black Psychologists has grown from a handful of concerned professionals into an independent, autonomous organization of over 1400 members.
With a popular line of fitness videos and an exercise television show, Althea is quickly becoming a household name. But this wife and mommy of two isn't your typical media personality - she's intelligent, humorous and full of real life experience.
Althea has a degree in Business Administration and certifications in aerobics, personal training, water fitness and Yoga. While following her passion for fitness, Althea worked for General Electric Financial Services in a variety of cities and management capacities. The combination of experience in business management and fitness led Althea to create Lifelines Fitness Consulting LLC, a company that specializes in instructor education, personal training and fitness event planning. In 1996, she permanently exchanged her suits and pumps for leggings and sneakers and hasn't looked back.
The African-American Breastfeeding Alliance, Inc. (AABA) was founded because a disproportionate number of African-American women don’t breastfeed; for the ones that do try, less than 20% breastfeed past six months postpartum (according to a 1997 Ross Laboratories study.) This is paradoxical because the worldwide average for weaning a child from the breast is 41/2 years old. AABA’s mission is to: increase the number of African-American women (and women of African descent) who breastfeed; educate African-American women about the infant and maternal benefits of breastfeeding; provide valuable resources about breastfeeding; offer on-going support to women who decide to breastfeed; and collaborate with other organizations that have an interest in the health and well-being of African-American women and infants. AABA uses a holistic approach to educating women because breastfeeding is both a mental and a physical experience.
The American Sickle Cell Association is a private nonprofit 501 (C) 3 organization in Cleveland, Ohio. The ASCAA was founded in 1971 and is the oldest sickle cell research, education, and social services organization in the United States.
Within the Ohio Department of Health, the ASCAA is designated as Region V and comprises Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina and Lorain counties. Region V has the highest incidence of sickle cell disease and variants of the disease in the state.
The organization currently provides a wide range of services to those individuals and families with either sickle cell trait or variants of the disease itself. Key services include: ongoing follow-up diagnostic testing, counseling, and tracking services for parents with infants who screen positive by the State Laboratory; Family Counseling and Support Services; coordination of medical, social services, education and support for the program's clientele; teacher education and screening services delivery at upwards of 85 local health fairs. In addition, ASCAA makes outreach to the region's African American, Hispanic, Mediterranean, and Arab communities for family education and the identification of the incidence of sickle cell disease.
BBRM means concern for the health of Black people. We reach out to those who suffer the brunt of many health disparities—diabetes, hypertension and prostate cancer to name a few. We bring knowledge about health issues to the attention of the public.
Our African American Cultural Health Symposiums gather big entertainers together with the Black community to create health awareness, highlight health promotion, and to encourage health literacy, maintaining our position in health advocacy.
Since 1997, we have been cultivating interest, concern and responsibility for health in the Black community. At BBRM we aim to improve the health of Black Americans by insisting that we be as conscious of our health as we are of our history.
Welcome to Blackhealthonline's network, the starting point for staying healthy. This online service is the first of its kind that has chosen to address those diseases that disproportionately affect the Black community. The site is maintained by BlackHealthOnline Inc., (BHO Inc.) - a team of physicians who, by virtue of their combined training both within and outside the USA, are able to effectively discuss those diseases that afflict people of African descent. We are very much aware that much of what may be on this site may be found in various places on the Internet, as well as in written publications. What we have chosen to do is to bring it all together at one convenient place in a more user-friendly format.
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