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Section: Health
Faculty & Staff
National League for Nursing’s 2011 Education Summit to Focus on Future of Nursing
This year’s summit will focus on the much heralded recommendations contained in “The Future of Nursing,” a report issued last fall by the Institute of Medicine, based on work done by the Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing.
April 4, 2011
Health
Are Mississippi’s HIV/AIDS Policies Making the Epidemic Worse for Black People?
Human Rights Watch found that the state’s failure to support sorely needed AIDS programs is negatively impacting the African-American community.
April 4, 2011
LGBTQ+
Report: Study of gay, transgender health needed
Scientists only recently learned how certain diseases affect women differently than men, and blacks differently than whites. Now a major new report says it’s time to study the unique health needs of gay and transgender people, too.
April 4, 2011
Health
Aetna Announces Funding for Research Projects Aimed at Reducing Infant Mortality Among African-Americans
Aetna and the Aetna Foundation today announced funding in support of three research projects aimed at driving down rates of infant mortality among African-American newborns, who are more than twice as likely to die in their first year as white infants.
April 4, 2011
Health
Nutrition class teaches South L.A. women to put health first
A nutrition class launched by the National Urban League is helping South Los Angeles women make healthier nutritional choices.
March 28, 2011
Health
Latinos and health: Blessed and cursed at the same time?
For Latinos, higher life expectancy is balanced by a higher risk of diabetes, asthma, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and other afflictions
March 28, 2011
Health
Despite the health and economic benefits, breast-feeding among African-American mothers is disturbingly low
A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the journal Pediatrics found that only 40 percent of black women had ever breast-fed, compared with 70 percent of white women and 72 percent of Hispanic women.
March 28, 2011
Health
Cleveland Clinic doctor expands his work with Minority Men’s Health Center, health fair
Dr. Charles Modlin Jr. is determined to put an end to health disparities. It’s a problem that goes much deeper than, for example, the five-year difference in life expectancy for white versus black males.
March 28, 2011
Community Colleges
Community College Programs Key to Solving Nursing Shortage
New Policy Brief underscores similar competencies among 2-Year, 4-year graduates.
March 28, 2011
Health
Ex-health secretary decries lack of diversity
Race or ethnicity still determines health status, access to health care and health outcomes, says Dr. Louis Sullivan, former US Secretary of Health and Human Services.
March 28, 2011
Health
Fighting Heart Disease Among Black Women in Brooklyn
The Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health has launched a major initiative to improve the cardiovascular health of African American and Afro-Caribbean women in Brooklyn, NY.
March 28, 2011
Faculty & Staff
AACR Recognizes HBCU and HSI Faculty Contributions to Cancer Research
The American Association for Cancer Research will recognize leaders in the minority cancer community with the Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholars in Cancer Research Awards. The 36 recipients will be honored at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6.
March 28, 2011
Sports
Howard University, Morehouse College to Battle in ‘Nation’s Football Classic’
The idea for an annual Washington, D.C. game between historically Black schools got backing from the Washington Convention and Sports Authority, which will partner with the United Negro College Fund to help sponsor the event.
March 9, 2011
Health
Edmund Gordon, Marian Wright Edelman to be Honored With John Hope Franklin Awards
Two of America’s most influential advocates for improving the life outcomes of children from underprivileged backgrounds will be honored this evening at the John Hope Franklin Awards ceremony.
March 6, 2011
Community Colleges
U.S. Secretaries Solis, Duncan Promote Job, Community College Collaborations
The U.S. secretaries of education and labor toured a job-training center and dropped in on a community college summit to promote collaborations that help adult learners join the workforce and obtain college degrees.
March 1, 2011
Students
‘Extra Push’ Toward Diversity
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation scholarships boost diversity among second-career nursing students.
February 23, 2011
Students
HBCU President Brings Sex and Health Education to the Campus
Sex Week, Philander Smith’s first-ever campus wide sexual education forum, brought students together with medical, religious, health, and relationship experts.
February 10, 2011
African-American
Sociologist Investigates Minority Exclusion in Medical Research
As a medical sociologist, Dr. Shawna V. Hudson works like a detective seeking clues to how the health care system functions for people of different ethnic groups.
February 2, 2011
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