Maternity healthcare activist and social entrepreneur Kimberly Seals Allers addresses racial disparities in maternal health through her Irth App, allowing Black and Brown parents to share reviews and influence change in healthcare. MIT Solve's innovators
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This podcast provides a special emphasis and positive spin on black women’s health. Health is used broadly to encompass physical, mental, financial, social and prof…
WLWH may not regularly engage in care due to inadequate quality; however, women’s perspectives on the quality of care they receive are understudied. Methods We conducted 12 focus groups and three in-depth interviews with Black (90%) and Latina (11%) WLWH enrolled in the Women’s ...
Octavia Sampson, M.A. ‘20 , wants to help support the holistic health needs of Black women. A graduate of the Master of Arts in in Counselling Psychology program in Vancouver, Sampson is a full-time mental health counsellor working at a nonprofit organi
To address this gap, we interviewed Black men who have sex with men and transwomen about their experiences with health care providers. Participants discussed needs and concerns, including provider SGM identity diversity and education; assumptions, judgment, stigma, and discrimination; and ability to ...
for Freedom of Choice, the name was changed to reflect a broadened coalition of co-sponsors, including Black Women's Health Imperative, and an agenda that expands beyond "choice" to address the problem of limited access to reproductive healthcare, especially among poor, young and minority women...
There were differences in drug use practice among participants, with chewing Khat and drinking alcohol less common among women than men. The survey data does not indicate whether participants misuse or excessively use these items, which are all legal in Ethiopia. The qualitative data, however, ...
The ethics of perinatal care for Black women: dismantling the structural racism in “mother blame” narratives. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2019;33(2):108-115. doi:10.1097/JPN.0000000000000394 PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 34. US Preventive Services Task Force. Aspirin use to prevent ...
Obstacles include access to medical resources: affordable and reliable healthcare, easy access to better diets, and accurate education and information. Another part has to do with less research dedicated specifically to studying how certain types of diseases affect black women. For example, the debate...