Tag: Health Disparities: Page 13

Health

The Road to Psychological Recovery

Psychologist group says cultural competency training is needed to aid Black Katrina survivors

October 18, 2005

Health

Obesity Summer Camp Makes Biotechnology

Jackie Aldridge, the coordinator of the Obesity and its Outcomes Biotechnology Summer Camp at Delaware Technical and Community College’s Stanton campus Story:

August 24, 2005

Health

Breast Cancer Messages Need to be Targeted Toward African-American Women, Researchers Say

African-American women are more likely than Caucasian women to be diagnosed with breast cancer at later stages of the disease and are more likely to die from the disease Story:

August 24, 2005

Health

West Virginia NAACP Holds Annual Convention

West Virginia NAACP members want to get more young people involved in the organization. Story:

August 16, 2005

HBCUs

Professional Appointments

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August 10, 2005

HBCUs

Tobacco Use Among HBCU Students Not as Prevalent, Shows NCCU Survey

Findings from a survey conducted by North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and the Historically Minority Colleges and Universities Story:

August 2, 2005

Health

Events

APRIL April 20-23Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission28th Annual Conference on Black History in PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaWeb: www.phmc.state.pa.us April 21-22NACADA North Central Regional Conference“Orienting Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s World”Sheraton Hotel Sioux FallsSioux Falls, S.D.Web: www.nacada.ksu.edu/Regional_Divisions/region6/confindex.htm April 22Lamar State College8th Annual Health and Wellness Summit“Building Healthier Communities: Bridges Over Barriers”Lamar State CollegePort Arthur, TexasPhone: (409) 983-8832Fax: (409) 983-8142E-mail: [email protected], Web: […]

April 6, 2005

Health

Events

APRIL April 10-12NACADA Mid-South Regional Conference “Excellence in Advising: Guiding Students to the Winner’s Circle”The Chamberly Brown HotelLouisville, Ky.Web: www.nacada.ksu.edu/Regional_Divisions/region3/confindex.htmApril 16Herman C. Hudson Graduate Student Symposium“Challenging Racism, (Hetero) Sexism, Classism and Homophobia in the African Diaspora”Indiana University, BloomingtonEmail: [email protected] 20-23Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission28th Annual Conference on Black History in PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaWeb: www.phmc.state.pa.us April 21-22NACADA North Central […]

March 23, 2005

Native Americans

Congressional Alliance to Tackle Minority Health Disparities

Congressional Alliance to Tackle Minority Health Disparities WASHINGTONIn collaboration with Newt Gingrich, the former U.S. Speaker of the House and founder of the Center for Health Transformation, and Peter Deutsch, former U.S. Representative from Florida, the National Minority Health Month Foundation (NMHMF) announced the formation of the Congressional Leadership Alliance to       Eliminate Health Disparities. “This […]

February 23, 2005

Health

Hampton University Center

Hampton University Center to Focus On Breast and Prostate Cancer ResearchHAMPTON, Va.  Hampton University is planning the construction of a 64,000-square-foot Biomedical Research Center on the university campus. Funded by HU and a federal government agency, the state-of-the-art facility will be an interdisciplinary center for biomedical researchers from both HU and the local region.HU’s Biomedical […]

February 23, 2005

Health

New Joint Center Partnership Focuses

New Joint Center Partnership Focuses On Diversifying Health Care Work Force      WASHINGTONThe Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has partnered with former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, to increase racial and ethnic diversity within the nation’s health care work force. This alliance will spearhead the […]

February 23, 2005

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Weighing In On African American Obesity

Weighing In On African American Obesity Researchers look for clues in eliminating obesity-related disparities, particularly among Black womenBy B. Denise HawkinsEverybody is getting fatter. The poor are getting fatter, Gen Xers are getting fatter, African-American women and Hispanic men are getting fatter, and children too young to even have a category are really getting fatter. […]

January 26, 2005