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April is Minority Health Month
Established by the Ohio Commission
of Minority Health in April 1989, Minority Health Month is
designed to promote healthy living and disease prevention, as well
as to bring awareness to the health disparities that minorities
face.
April is also Cancer Control Month. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS),
Cancer Control Month aims to bring cancer control and prevention to
the forefront. An ACS report states that African Americans have the
highest cancer death rate of any racial or ethnic group in the
United States. In order to lower the mortality rate of African
Americans, we must be conscious of the health disparities that
minorities face.
For more information about health disparities and cancer, please
visit our African
American Health Center and Cancer topic, as well as reading the articles below:
African
Americans and Colorectal Cancer
Cancer
101
Cancer
Facts & Figures for African Americans, 2007-2008
Cancer
Health Disparities
Prostate
Cancer: A Major Health Concern for African American Men
New
Articles:
Keeping
You Informed
Read the latest articles written
by our experts:
Antibiotic
Resistant Staph Infection - MRSA
Gum
Disease Can Lead to an Unhealthy Heart
Infection
Control: When to Exclude Children from Daycare or School
Infection
Control - It's in Your Hands
Kids
Dental Health - What to Do, When to Do It
Studying
Diabetes and Heart Disease: The ACCORD Study
Swallowing
Disorder Can Cause Serious Health Issues
New
Experts
NetWellness
warmly welcomes:
Deborah
A Bartholomew, MD - Women's
Health
Sarah
H Bonza, MD, MPH - Senior
Health, Women's
Health
Cynthia
B Evans, MD - Women's
Health
Lisa
M Keder, MD, MPH - Women's
Health
Debra
K Gardner, PhamD - Pharmacy
& Medications
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Let's Work Together to Eliminate
Health Disparities
We can all do our part to help reduce health disparities. Whether it's taking better care of yourselves, asking your doctor about particular diseases and tests or even learning that health disparities exist - these are all steps in the right direction. Knowledge is power -- together we can make a difference!
- Closing the Health
Gap
- Healthy People
2010
- VERB: It's What You
Do
- Healthy
Communities Innovation Initiative
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Focus on Faculty
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Ohio Poison Center provides the people of central and
southeastern Ohio with state-of-the-art poison prevention,
assessment, and treatment. One of 61 American Association of
Poison Control Regional Certified Centers, the Central Ohio
Poison Center handles more than 42,000 poison exposure calls
annually. More...
How Are We
Doing?
Do you have
comments or suggestions or is there anything we can do to make
it easier to find the health information you need? If so,
please send us your feedback -- we appreciate and welcome all your
ideas.
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