Health portal launched for Women of Color

Ayana Jones, Philadelphia Tribune

- Three savvy health professionals have partnered to launch a health and wellness Web community for women of color.

Dr. Nicole Farmer, Erika Evans-Weaver and Karen Cherfils are working to impact the dynamics of health-care communication through their digital media company OurHealth LLC.

The company has launched www.ourhealthourlives.com, an interactive site geared toward offering women a platform to voice their medical concerns and have their questions answered by medical professionals.

“We really feel like what’s lacking in what’s provided through health information over the Internet or even health information through the news or even information that is given by a physician to a patient directly is that its not often centered around what our cultural needs are,” said Farmer, a Washington, D.C.-based internist.

The site is being launched at a time when African American women are suffering higher rates of mortality due to conditions such as heart disease and breast cancer.

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