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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

<	July, 2010	>

General Content > General Sub Category

MINDS eHEALTH - Health Information is POWER, Be EMPOWERED to LIVE!

The proposed research addresses this problem of African Americans’ underutilization of eHealth resources by developing and testing an informatics intervention MINDS.com eHealth, in which a network of Morgan State University (MSU) campus and community partners, one being Women of Virtue, Inc. (WOV), collaborate to increase the utilization of the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) online databases through the development of a customized web portal that will facilitate access to the NLM databases for African Americans to find health information on the selected health disparities of (click on a link to get your health information):

Obesity
Heart Disease
Breast Cancer
HIV/AIDS and Dept. of Health AIDS Information
Domestic Violence
Gang Violence
Substance Abuse
Stress
Depression

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For Kids--learn about the toxins in your home and community.

Tox Mystery (Adults will enjoy it too)
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Statement of Problem/Need (Purpose)

African Americans persistently experience health disparities, with an overall mortality rate in 2003 that was 30% higher than that of Whites, and the highest mortality rates for all races for the three leading causes of death (i.e., heart disease, cancer, and stroke). In Maryland, African Americans’ mortality rate is higher than Whites for 12 of the 15 leading causes of death and they disproportionately experience obesity, which is a major risk factor for these and other diseases (Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 2006).

Online technology is a tool that is increasingly used by governments and healthcare providers to disseminate health information. However, African Americans do not use eHealth to the same degree as whites (West and Miller, 2006). Barriers to Internet use by this group include literacy, lack of technology access, and security concerns (Ervin and Gilmore, 1999; Snipes, Ellis, and Thomas, 2006). It is likely that health disparities will persist unless the digital divide in eHealth utilization is bridged.

Women of Virtue (WOV) is a non-profit membership organization that focuses on health outreach and education for African Americans with a focus on women through activities including health fairs, awareness events, empowerment workshops, conferences, and other services. WOV’s health educators will participate in the MINDS.com database training and use health information from the databases to enhance their health education and outreach efforts. In addition, they will provide peer-based database trainings to their constituents, and promote the eHealth resources and health information via our regular email and U.S. mail communications to their membership. WOV will also promote MINDS.com eHealth at the NBC 4 Your Health and Fitness Fair in Washington, DC in January 2009.