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African American health: an overview -- "Without health and long life all else fails": a history of African Americans and the elimination of racial disparities in health care -- The health status of children and adolescents -- The health status of black women -- The health status of black men -- Health and black older adults: insights from a life-course perspective -- Stigma and mental health in African Americans -- Homicide and violence among African American youth: from epidemic to endemic? -- Narrowing the gap between supply and demand of organs for transplantation: current issues for African Americans -- African Americans on the front line of environmental assault -- The impact of incarceration on the health of African Americans -- Hypertension in African American communities -- A general overview of cancer in the United States: incidence and mortality burden among African Americans -- Health disparities: the case for diabetes -- Systemic lupus erythematosus -- Oral health -- Substance use disorders in the African American community -- HIV/AIDS in the black community -- Tobacco use and the black community in the United States: a community-focused public health model for eliminating population disparities -- Alcohol use and consequences for blacks -- Nutrition and obesity issues for African Americans -- Physical activity -- Chiropractic medicine: integral to integrative medicine -- The role of black faith communities in fostering health -- Community health workers in the black community: building trust, alleviating pain, and improving health access -- Using social marketing to lessen health disparities -- Fostering a social justice approach to health: health equity, human rights, and an antiracism agenda -- Closing the gap: eliminating health disparities. |
