ABOUT HERITAGE HEALTH MAGAZINE

Heritage Health Magazine (HHM) presents information and inspiration for healthy lifestyles. With great information for mental, physical, spiritual and financial health, HHM strives to encourage and inspire readers to choose to be healthy. In each issue, our mission is to navigate empowering information in an easy-to-read format, regardless of educational, economic, or social levels and stimulate the physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual health of the overall community.

 

TOP 10 HEALTH ISSUES EFFECTING AFRICAN AMERICANS1

  1. Heart disease
  2. Cancer
  3. Stroke
  4. Unintentional injuries
  5. Diabetes
  6. Homicide
  7. Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephrosis
  8. Chronic lower repiratory disease
  9. HIV/AIDS
  10. Septicemia

Source: Centers For Disease Control

 

ABOUT HERITAGE HEALTH MAGAZINE

Simple but true, a healthy diet, physical activity and a balanced lifestyle can help to prevent the onset of many of the Top 10 Diseases Affecting African Americans. For this reason, Heritage Health Magazine has become a catalyst for change in the lives of African Americans and their wellbeing.  Featuring heartfelt stories, promoting total wellness solutions and connecting our readers to health resources, Heritage Health Magazine advocates healthy living, prevention and providing access.

 

On a mission to become the designation for African American health and wellness, Heritage Health Magazine is founded on the mission statement: We Are Better Together, Than We Could Ever Be Apart.  Primarily targeted towards African American women between the ages of 18 to 45, our inclusion of all ages, all genders and all minority groups provides the means by which accomplish our mission statement and ensure perpetual growth.