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Section: Health
Community Colleges
The Middle College School Comes to Maryland
The Academy of Health Sciences — located on the campus of Prince George’s Community College — is part of a network of schools established under the auspices of the Middle College National Consortium and is the first such academy to be established in Maryland.
July 11, 2011
Academy students
African-American
Sickle Cell Treatment Clinic at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Answers Community Need
The disease affects about 1,000 people in Arkansas and new treatments have allowed those with the disease to live into their 50s, 60s or beyond, and the goal is to improve their quality of life.
June 1, 2011
Sickle cell testing
Health
East Carolina University, Churches Address Obesity
The Prosper Project, a three-county initiative conducted by East Carolina’s Brody School of Medicine, aims to wage a spiritual as well as a physical battle against diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
May 12, 2011
Haywood Parker
African-American
Connecticut Hospital Teams With Tuskegee University on Cancer Study
Saint Francis Hospital and Tuskegee University have announced a partnership to study why prostate cancer has a disproportionately high death rate among African-American men.
April 25, 2011
Roberta Troy
Health
Summit promotes minority health
After more than 2,000 people attending the fifth annual Minority Health Summit on Saturday were urged to find a family physician, fitness and motivational expert Donna Richardson Joyner got them all up on moving around.
April 17, 2011
Health
Interview with Kimberly Garrison: Doctor wrote the book on African-American health
MICHELLE GOURDINE is on a mission to educate, engage and empower African-Americans to exceptional health and well-being.
April 17, 2011
Health
Vitamin D may Counteract High Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among African-Americans
Supplementation with Vitamin D may be particularly beneficial for overweight African-American adults.
April 17, 2011
Health
Minorities born with heart defects at higher risk of dying in early childhood than whites
Non-Hispanic black infants born with heart defects are more likely to die within the first five years of life than their non-Hispanic white and Hispanic peers.
April 17, 2011
Wendy Nembhard, University of South Florida
Health
Making Health Care Disparities Worse
Existing disparities in health care based on social status, income, and race can only become worse with budget cuts to social programs.
April 17, 2011
Health
Racial Disparities Remain for Health Care for Vets
Despite reduced gaps in care provided to black and white US Veterans, major disparities persist in control of cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension.
April 17, 2011
Health
Grant helps attract underprivileged students to nursing careers
High school students in Washington State’s poorest legislative district get introduced to nursing careers, thanks to a new diversity grant from the federal Health Resources Service Administration.
April 17, 2011
Health
SLU Alum leads nursing school to diversity
Under Dean Teri A. Murray’s leadership, the School of Nursing recently received a $1 million grant to increase the student minority population, currently at 16 percent.
April 17, 2011
Health
The State Of Health In Black America
When it comes to their health, too many African Americans are operating on the basis of the notion that it is better to not know.
April 11, 2011
Health
New U.S. Plan to Improve Health Care for Minorities
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released what it’s calling the most comprehensive action plan and strategy yet to expand health care access and improve minority health.
April 11, 2011
STEM
Americans Like Their Health Care, But Think The System Stinks
Fifty-five percent of adults surveyed gave the U.S. health care system a C or D, when asked to assign it a grade. Eleven percent gave it an F.
April 11, 2011
Health
The Future of Nursing
Healthcare is facing unprecedented challenges, and nurses must play a major role in meeting them
April 11, 2011
HBCUs
Georgia Department of Community Health and the Black AIDS Institute Bring “Greater Than AIDS” HBCU Testing Tour to Georgia
The Georgia Department of Health and the Black AIDS Institute have partnered to present the Georgia>AIDS HBCU Testing Tour.
April 11, 2011
Community Colleges
Report Suggests Associate’s Degrees in Nursing Are Sufficient for Employment in the Field
AACC report finds no significant differences between competencies of nurses with bachelor’s degrees vs those with associate’s degrees.
April 4, 2011
Jemima Pierre-Jacques
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