To order an Ashes to Ashes Campaign Health and Wellness Resource Kit
call (480) 364-0824.

 

Arizona Black Nurses Association

 

Black men are twice as likely as their Caucasian counterparts to die from Prostate Cancer. Click here to find out why.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Black women. Click here to learn why.

African-Americans are twice as likely to die of cancer than people of any other racial or ethnic group. Click here for more information.


By exercising, you increase and maintain bone density and prevent osteoporosis.


American Heart Association
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association
American Lung Association
Mental Health
CDC Minority Health
African-American and Mental Health

AIDS and African-Americans
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Blacks Suffer from Disparities in US Health Care
National Eye Institute

Studies show that glaucoma is: Five times more likely to occur in
Blacks than in Whites. Read more...

Office of Minority Health
African-American Health
Tobacco Use in the Minority Community
Asthma in the Minority Community
African-American Health News
All About Black Health
African Americans Unaware of High Kidney Disease Risk
African Americans and Kidney Disease Fact Sheet
Minority Women's Health

Violence and Minority Women
Minority Women's Health Fact Sheet


Schedule regular check-ups to prevent deaths from preventable diseases.


National Black Women's Health Project
Wanting to Exhale: African-American Women and Smoking
Closing the Health Gap 2004
African-American Women's Health
African-American Women's Health: Breast Cancer
African-American Women's Health: Diabetes
African-American Women's Health: High Blood Pressure
Cancer Control for African-American Women

Community Resources...

MACTUPP (Maricopa County Tobacco Use Prevention Program
Smoking Cessation Classes
Quit Tobacco Use

Breathe Free
Smoke-free Resturants
Healthy Recipes
Network of Children's Behavioral Health Agencies


This health information is provided to you in part by:

Want to quit smoking?

Call the Arizona Smoker's Helpline (ASH)
1-800-556-6222
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