Black and African American Health

Summary

Every racial or ethnic group has specific health concerns. Differences in the health of groups can result from:

• Genetics
• Environmental factors
• Access to care
• Cultural factors

On this page, you’ll find links to health issues that affect Black and African Americans.

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Specifics

• A1C Test and Race/Ethnicity National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• African Americans and Glaucoma Glaucoma Research Foundation
• African-Americans and Heart Disease, Stroke American Heart Association
• Black Americans and HIV/AIDS Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
• High Blood Pressure among Black People American Heart Association
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and the Black Community National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Sickle Cell Anemia: MedlinePlus Health Topic National Library of Medicine

Start Here

• African American Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Statistics and Research

• African American People and Commercial Tobacco: Health Disparities and Ways to Advance Health Equity Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Asthma and African Americans Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
• Cancer and African Americans Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
• Chronic Liver Disease and African Americans Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
• FastStats: Health of Black or African American non-Hispanic Population National Center for Health Statistics
• Heart Disease and African Americans Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
• HIV and African American People Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Infant Mortality and African Americans Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
• Mental and Behavioral Health — African Americans Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
• Obesity and African Americans Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
• Setting Goals to Be More Active Slows Memory Decline in Older African Americans National Institute on Aging
• TB and Black or African American Persons Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Related Issues

• African-American Hair: Tips for Everyday Care American Academy of Dermatology
• Anyone Can Get Skin Cancer National Cancer Institute
• Surprising Truth about Prediabetes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Tips from Former Smokers: African Americans Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

• Asthma Medicine May Not Be One Size Fits All
• Improving Outcomes for African American Women with Breast Cancer
• NIH Study Tracks Exercise with Mobile Apps to Improve Heart Health

Find an Expert

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Black and African Americans National Institutes of Health

Women

• It’s Only Natural: Mother’s Love, Mother’s Milk Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health
• The Heart Truth for African American Women: Take Action to Protect Your Heart National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Journal Articles

• Black and African American Health