Staying Healthy is essential for all people including minorities. There are actions that can be taken to improve chances of living longer and healthier lives. These actions include eating fruits, vegetables, and diets low in saturated fat. Regular exercise, maintaining positive mental attitude, no smoking and regular blood pressure checks as well as annual physicals can contribute to a healthy lifestyle.

Huron Hospital's Get Healthy! Get Fit! aerobic classes and Living Fit and Staying Healthy lifestyle cooking and health education classes have been very successful at educating the minority community, employees, residents and patients on staying healthy. Call 216-761-7464 for more information.

Please consult a physician for additional suggestions for staying healthy. Nearly 32% of African Americans do not have a regular physician. It is important to get access to a physician in order to stay healthy and avoid becoming part of chronic disease statistics.

 

Please review the following health topics below to obtain important statistics. Check out the links in the gray bar to the right for even more information. 

 

African American Kidney Disease
American Obesity Association
Amputation
Campaign for Children Health Care
Cancer
Center Disease Control on HIV/AIDs
Diabetes
Health Finder
Health of American Indian of Alaska Native
Health of Asian of Pacific Islander
Health of Black or African American   
Health of Hispanic/Latino
Health of White American
Health Power
Heart Disease
Hypertension
Indian Health Service
Institute of Medicine
National Dairy Council
Needs of Ethnic Minority Children
Peripheral Arterial Disease in African Americans
Prevention
Tobacco Information and Prevention Source