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GAMS RESOURCES CENTER
R.E.S.E.T. (Resources, Education, Support, Empowerment, Training)
•  Public Policy Points
•  NCNW-GAMS newsletters (past & present)
 •  Minority Health Resources/Links
•  Articles
•  Web Links to Community Resources
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PUBLIC POLICY POINTS
March 2005
April 2005
NEWSLETTERS
May 2005; Mar.(WHM) 2005;
Jan. 2005
USEFUL WEB LINKS
•  http://diversity.monster.com/afam/
•  http://diversity.monster.com/wo/
ARCHIVED ANNOUNCEMENTS
Week of 12/12/05
AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH
ARTICLE: Health problems that affect African American women
ARTICLE: Importance of Black Women's Health

NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
http://ncmhd.nih.gov/
MINORITY HEALTH AND RESEARCH CENTER
http://mhrc.dopm.uab.edu/default.html
MEDLINE PLUS: AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH ISSUES & ARTICLES http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/africanamericanhealth.html
HIV/AIDS AMONG WOMEN
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/women.htm
MINORITY WOMEN'S HEALTH
http://www.womenshealth.gov/minority/africanamerican.htm
AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN: EAT 9 FRUITS & VEGETABLES A DAY
http://www.5aday.gov/aahealth/aamen/index.html
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: AIM FOR 7 FRUITS & VEGETABLES A DAY
http://www.5aday.gov/aahealth/aawomen/index.html
HOW DIET AFFECTS AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN
http://www.5aday.gov/aahealth/aamen/diet/index.html
RACIAL & ETHNIC DISPARITIES
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs040402.htm
HEALTH OF AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/black_health.htm
VITAL RECORDS (BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES): WHERE TO WRITE
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm
OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH: AFRICAN AMERICANS
http://www.cdc.gov/omh/Populations/BAA/BAA.htm
BLACK WOMEN'S HEALTH IMPERATIVE
http://www.blackwomenshealth.org/site/PageServer
CURBING THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS AMONG BLACK WOMEN
click here
CLINICAL TRIALS INVOLVING AFRICAN AMERICANS http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/action/GetStudy;jsessionid=6DDEC154B04B4E9F241A9DE05E1AC73D
HOW BEING BLACK AFFECTS YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/high-blood-pressure/HI00067
IMPROVING YOUR HEALTH: WEIGHT TIPS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/improving.htm
ARTICLES
•  Black forum targets health as top priority
•  Black women are less likely than whites to seek information on genetic breast cancer
•  Study: Many blacks cite AIDS conspiracy
•  A new notch in the Stroke Belt: Blacks in the South are most likely to die
•  Black women's powerlessness fuels HIV
•  HIV 'devastating' black community
•  Our Opinion-women's rights
•  Writer's 20-year struggle with depression a window on a world where black men go untreated
•  Catching colon cancer (before it catches you)
•  Minority Health
• Some Say Case of Missing People of Color, Men Ignored
• Victory in Georgia Photo ID Case: Preliminary Injunction Secured
Federal District Court Stays Implementation of Photo ID Requirements

AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN RESOURCES

· African American Women , archival collections from Duke University. · · Black American Feminism , bibliography of Black American Feminist thought from across the disciplines.
· Sisterfriends , forum to women of color and issues that shape their lives.
· Voices from the Gaps : Women Writers of Color. From the University of Minnesota.
· Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
· What You Should Know About HPV


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