Recommended Resources For Minority Health
Submitted by Adult Services Department Staff, Lorain Public Library System
Websites For Minority Health:
The Office of Minority Health (The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Formerly the American Dietetic Association)
http://www.eatright.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Minority Health
http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth
CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities Report 2011
http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/CHDIReport.html#Intro
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
http://www.hispanichealth.org
Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Health Care Access and Quality in Ohio [2008]
https://ckm.osu.edu/sitetool/sites/ofhspublic/documents/OFHS_Report_malat.pdf
Books And Materials On Minority Health:
African-American Healthy: What You Need to Know to Protect your Health by Richard W. Walker
New Books 613.2089 WAL
Alzheimer’s and African-Americans (DVD)
DVD 616.831 ALZ
Black Woman’s Guide to Black Men’s Health by Andrea King Collier
613.0423 COL
Diabetes? No Problema!: The Latino’s Guide to Living Well with Diabetes by Sheri Colberg
616.462 COL
Heart Smart for Black Women and Latinas: A 5-week Program for Living A Heart-healthy Lifestyle by Jennifer H. Mieres
616.1205 MIE
Hope and Destiny: The Patient and Parent’s Guide to Sickle Cell Disease and Sickle Cell Trait by Allan F. Platt, Jr., James Eckman and Lewis Hsu
New Books 616.1527 PLA
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
616.0277 SKL
Managing Cancer: The African American’s Guide to Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment by George Rawls
616.944 RAW
Menu For Life: African Americans Get Healthy, Eat Well, Lose Weight and Live Beautifully by Otelio Sye Randall
613.25 RAN
Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Story of Bulimia by Stephanie Covington Armstrong
616.85263 ARM
The Black Woman’s Guide to Healthy Living: The Best Advice for Body, Mind + Spirit in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s + beyond by Robin D. Stone
613.04244 STO
Spanish Books On Minority Health:
Bienestar Intestinal: Cómo Sentirse Bien Comiendo by Véronique Liégeois and Ljiljana Milosavljevic
SP 641.5631 LIE
Dieta Sana Contra El Cáncer by Dra. Clare Shaw and Sara Lewis
SP 641.5631 SHA
Pierde Peso, Ten Más Energía &Sé Más Feliz En 10 Días: Encárgate De Tu Salud Con El Master Cleanse by Peter Glickman
SP 615.854 GLI