Coming in February 2012
Health First! The Black Women's Wellness Guide
by Hilary Beard & Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, President and CEO of the Black Women's Health Imperative
This groundbreaking book is the product of three decades of work by the Black Women’s Health Imperative, the nation’s only non-profit organization devoted to advancing the health and wellness of Black women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. Health First! connects the dots through every stage of the life cycle—from adolescence through maturity. It addresses Black women’s most pressing health concerns—ranging from informative and reassuring conversations with experts on heart disease, reproductive health, and HIV to the crucial facts about the most urgent medical conditions that Black women face. Grounded in vital research, as well as the realities of Black women’s lives, the focus is on prevention, awareness, and action, across generations and circumstances, presented in an authoritative, yet reassuring personal voice. In an age of uncertainty,Health First! provides the invaluable tools and insights that Black women need to re-prioritize their lives and establish new traditions of self-love and well-being.
Hilary Beard is an award-winning health journalist and the New York Times best-selling author of Friends: A Love Story, 21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha’s Vineyard Diet/Detox, and Venus and Serena: Serving from the Hip.
Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, a tireless advocate for eliminating health disparities among women and communities of color, serves as the president and CEO of the Black Women's Health Imperative. Hinton Hoytt produced the groundbreaking book Tomorrow Begins Today: African American Women as We Age for the National Council of Negro Women.