Category Archives: African American Health

Why Do African Americans Have a Different Rating System for Kidney Transplants?

Post Image

Kidneys & Your Health Alert! Did you know you may be, well, different? In this video you can meet Nichole, who had her Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (EGFR) numbers hinder […]

Continue reading

OP ED | Providers Must Self-Examine to Explain Black Maternal Health Disparities

Post Image

By Dr. LUCINDA CANTY When I was a nursing student, I initially wanted to work in the newborn ICU. It was after I saw my first birth, which was delivered by […]

Continue reading

African Americans’ Med Center, LuccaHealth, In Ghana

Post Image

LuccaHealth Learn About LuccaHealth with host Mr. Ghana Baby himself, Wode Mata. He’s once again correcting the image of Africa with positive news and information.

Continue reading

Today’s Imbalance Stems From the Health of the Enslaved

Post Image

Imbalance Is What It Is: We are doomed to repeat the past is we do not fully appreciate it. The HealMobile is sharing the article below because it presents an […]

Continue reading

The lack of affordable housing and health inequalities in central Brooklyn, student-led report

Post Image

Adi Talwar. Liberty Avenue in Brooklyn. Housing and Health Inequalities: A lack of affordable housing continues to exacerbate health inequalities and financial problems in the predominantly black and Latin American […]

Continue reading

Genomic Studies of Global Health Disparities

Post Image

At a University of Pennsylvania experts roundtable on “Health Disparities: Integrating Knowledge from Genomics, Social Sciences and Law,” including Sarah Tishkoff

Continue reading

Center for African American Health buys Denver building for $4.7 million

Post Image

Denver, Colorado, July 1, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The Center for African American Health (CAA Health) purchased $4.7 million freestanding building that’s $4.9 million in value. CAA Health’s new two-story […]

Continue reading

Understanding African American Mental Health – Arkansas Counseling Association

Post Image

This video is part two of a series on mental health from the Arkansas Counseling Association. Dr. Camille Humes is our presenter.

Continue reading

The Late Dr. Llaila Afrika | Holistic Health 101

Post Image Continue reading

Conversation assistants could be used to improve the health of African Americans around COVID-19

Post Image

F&A FACULTY University of Michigan researchers say hiring an interviewer – think “Hey Siri” or perhaps something less global like “Ask the Doc” – could be a way to fill […]

Continue reading