“Of all the forms of racial inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman” - Rev. Martin Luther King
African American Health Awareness& Wellness Promotion Association (AAHWPA) was organized in response to the increasing deplorable health status and very high mortality rates of Blacks in America.
African Americans are on the bottom of nearly every health indicator, including infant mortality, maternal mortality, injury fatalities, homicides, chronic disease rates, life expectancy, and death rates.
AAHAWPA as an initiative arose from the need to effectively address health illiteracy, unhealthy lifestyles, and the socioeconomic determinants of health that contribute to poor health outcomes for Blacks.
AAHAWPA goal is to create sustainable community-based chronic disease prevention programming throughout Black communities. AAHAWPA initial priority focus efforts will be communicating effective health promotion messages to increase health literacy.
Research shows that health literacy is a key factor in improving health outcomes. Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. Indeed, a person who is health literate is empowered to self-manage their health!
Studies show that Blacks have lower health literacy rates and those who have lower levels of health literacy have poorer health outcomes; they suffer more from major chronic diseases, more susceptible to health misinformation, have a lower quality of life, and have greater premature death rates.
Yes, millions of African Americans are disabled and die prematurely from chronic diseases that are greatly impacted by ‘health unawareness’ and ‘unhealthy lifestyle’ behaviors. Indeed, these conditions could be prevented, reversed, or better managed with proficient knowledge ‘health literacy’, knowing the symptoms and risks associated with many health problems.
African Americans are on the bottom of nearly every health indicator, including infant mortality, maternal mortality, injury fatalities, homicides, chronic disease rates, life expectancy, and death rates.
AAHAWPA as an initiative arose from the need to effectively address health illiteracy, unhealthy lifestyles, and the socioeconomic determinants of health that contribute to poor health outcomes for Blacks.
AAHAWPA goal is to create sustainable community-based chronic disease prevention programming throughout Black communities. AAHAWPA initial priority focus efforts will be communicating effective health promotion messages to increase health literacy.
Research shows that health literacy is a key factor in improving health outcomes. Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. Indeed, a person who is health literate is empowered to self-manage their health!
Studies show that Blacks have lower health literacy rates and those who have lower levels of health literacy have poorer health outcomes; they suffer more from major chronic diseases, more susceptible to health misinformation, have a lower quality of life, and have greater premature death rates.
Yes, millions of African Americans are disabled and die prematurely from chronic diseases that are greatly impacted by ‘health unawareness’ and ‘unhealthy lifestyle’ behaviors. Indeed, these conditions could be prevented, reversed, or better managed with proficient knowledge ‘health literacy’, knowing the symptoms and risks associated with many health problems.
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