Monitoring Health Disparities to Prevent Disease
11-27-2018A CDC-sponsored special issue of the American Journal of Public Health presents emerging and best-available methods, metrics, and indicators for moni…
Hazel D. Dean, ScD, MPH
Call for Papers: Monitoring Disparities in Prevention and Treatment of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB
12-6-2017Are you passionate about promoting health equity and decreasing health disparities in the United States? Have you completed research recently on either of these…
National Minority Health Month: Training the Public Health Work Force
4-29-2015For National Minority Health Month, I want to raise an issue that is vital to improve the health and health equity of our Nation: that is, the development of a …
African American Women Should #TakeChargeandTest this National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
3-10-2015Every March 10, CDC joins millions across the country to observe National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This special day is sponsored by the U.S. Depa…
CDC Encourages African-American Women to #TakeChargeAndTest for #NHTD
6-27-2014In honor of National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released an expanded suite of materials for Take Charge. T…
Share Knowledge. Take Action. Take Charge. Take the Test.
3-10-2014In the United States, women remain heavily impacted by HIV. At the end of 2010, one in four people living with HIV were women. However, not all women are equall…
Fighting Hepatitis C Among African Americans
2-21-2014 Hazel DeanFebruary is Black History Month, a time to commemorate the achievements of African Americans in the United States. It also presents an opportunity to…
Progress on the HIV Continuum of Care Among Blacks
2-6-2014Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new study, “Progress Along the Continuum of HIV Care Among Blacks with Diagnosed HIV—…
Join National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Twitter Town Hall on Feb. 7 at Noon ET
2-5-2014Please join me for a National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) Twitter chat/”town hall meeting” on Friday, February 7, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time.The T…
Minority Health Determines the Health of the Nation
4-22-2013 Dr. Hazel DeanApril is National Minority Health Month, and one of the most important health issues for minorities that we can highlight for this month is HIV. …