Health Disparities
Black Americans are more likely to develop and die from this form of cancer, which affects the prostate gland.
What is prostate cancer?
This agricultural scientist and educator, born into slavery, became famous for his research involving peanuts and taught at Tuskegee Institute.
Who is George Washington Carver?
HUBHA will have health-related programming during this February-long celebration of Black history and culture.
What is Black History Month?
This nutrient, produced in the skin after sunlight exposure, plays an important role in bone health and calcium absorption.
What is vitamin D?
You need to drink exactly eight 8-ounce glasses of plain water every single day to stay properly hydrated.
Myth. Water needs vary, and fluids also come from food and other beverages.
In the United States, Black women are substantially more likely than White women to die from complications related to this major life event.
What is pregnancy/childbirth?
This Black woman’s cancer cells, taken without her informed consent in 1951, became the famous immortal HeLa cell line.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
HUBHA is partnering with this fitness studio for a free event called Wellness in the Square.
What is CorePower Yoga?
College-students are generally recommended to get at least this many hours of sleep per night.
What is 7 hours?
People with darker skin can still get sunburned and develop skin cancer.
Fact.
Compared with White Americans, Black Americans experience a higher prevalence of this condition characterized by chronically elevated blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
In 1940, this surgeon became the first African American to earn certification from the American Board of Surgery and is famous for pioneering techniques involving blood plasma.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
HUBHA is partnering with this black-owned dermatology brand in October for an event centered on health and representation in cosmetic products.
Who is Sabi Wise?
This three-letter measure, calculated using weight and height, is commonly used to screen for weight categories but does not directly measure body fat or overall health.
What is BMI?
Muscle weighs more than fat.
Myth. A pound is a pound; muscle is denser than fat and therefore occupies less space for the same weight.
Black Americans are more likely than White Americans to develop this inherited blood disorder, which causes red blood cells to become rigid and crescent-shaped.
What is sickle cell disease?
This physician became the first Black woman to receive a medical degree in the United States in 1864.
Who is Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
This event will connect HUBHA members directly with physicians, public health experts, and other health-related professionals over a meal.
What is the Health Professionals Dinner?
The CDC recommends that adults get at least this many minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity each week. (can be within ~10 minutes)
What is 150 minutes?
High blood pressure can be dangerous even when a person feels completely healthy.
Fact. Hypertension often causes no obvious symptoms.
Despite representing a smaller share of the U.S. population, Black Americans have historically accounted for a disproportionately large share of new diagnoses of this virus, which attacks CD4 immune cells.
What is HIV?
This Black cardiologist helped invent the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, a device capable of detecting and correcting dangerous heart rhythms.
Who is Dr. Levi Watkins Jr.?
This annual HUBHA event, planned for early April, will bring together students and professionals to discuss issues affecting Black health.
What is the Black Health Matters Conference?!!!
A blood pressure reading consistently at or above this number for the systolic measurement is generally considered hypertension under current U.S. guidelines.
What is 130 mmHg?
Black people have a biologically higher pain tolerance than White people.
Myth. There is no biological basis for this belief (only racism), and misconceptions about racial differences in pain have contributed to unequal pain assessment and treatment in other areas of healthcare.