Health Literacy:        

Health literacy is defined as the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.

Promoting health literacy at organizational, provider and heath care consumer levels is important for more effective patient-provider communication.  This is particularly important for patients of color at risk for disparate negative health outcomes.

Barriers to
Health Literacy:

CT Health Senior Program Officer Elizabeth Krause recently coauthored an article in the American Nurses Association’s Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.  “Understanding Cultural and Linguistic Barriers to Health Literacy” discusses how culture and language set the context for acquiring and applying health literacy skills for many patients of color.  

The CT Health Foundation’s website features an analysis of how the needle has moved in Connecticut over the last 10 years to close the racial and ethnic health disparities gap.

African American men are at a higher risk for prostate problems.
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Black Women's Health Imperative: http://www.nbwhp.org

National Institutes of Health: National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities: http://ncmhd.nih.gov/

Department of Health and Human Services:

"Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health"-

http://www.raceandhealth.hhs.gov

MedlinePlus: African-American Health
Black or African American Populations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) .... Office of Minority Health Resource Center (Dept. of Health and Human ...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html

African American Health Care and Medical Information
BlackHealthCare.com is a comprehensive health and medical information internet provider dedicated to the health issues of African-Americans.
www.blackhealthcare.com/

BlackNews.com - Black Health | African American Health
National directory of black health organizations, resources, ... Black Health Resources Listings of African American health web sites and organizations ...
www.blacknews.com/directory/black_african_american_health.shtml

Health Care Issues in Black America — www.greenwood.com
Health Care Issues in Black America Policies, Problems, and Prospects. www.greenwood.com/catalog/JHE%252f.aspx

Black Men's Health
Black Men's Health webring was created for sites that strictly cover issues on health and nutrition. Black Conscious Network is a resource website featuring all the great aspects of African American life.

http://o.webring.com/hub?ring=blackmenshealth

Amazon.com: The Black Woman's Guide to Black Men's Health: Andrea King
Amazon.com: The Black Woman's Guide to Black Men's Health: Andrea King ... bent and torn as I use it over and over as a personal resource for health issues ...
www.amazon.com/Black-Womans-Guide-Mens-Health/dp/0446697729

Black Doctor - Complete resource for African American health
Complete resource guide for Black health, fitness and nutrition... Liver Health, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma, Men's Health, Mental Health, Multiple Sclerosis...

http://www.blackdoctor.org/

African American males have their own health issues.
Black Men's Health. African American males have their own health issues. Useful links resource from Medline Plus. Covers the latest news, research, etc.
menshealth.about.com/od/blackhealth/Black_Mens_Health.htm

OneWorld's Forum on Health Care Reform in America
shed light on different "universal" health care options-
Read the article, "Reform Is Coming" by Melinda Tuhus by clicking HERE.