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Additionally, future research should conceptualize health as a complex interaction of psychosocial risks that have a profound effect on the health status of Black women.doi:10.1080/073993399245764Erma Jean LawsonLa Francis RodgerTaylor & Francis GroupHealth Care For Women International...
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…
Black women in the United States have experienced substantial improvements in health during the last century, yet health disparities persist. These health disparities are in large part a reflection...
Family history was the most common reason for THM use, with many THM patrons utilizing these for treatment of a health condition. Older black women with anxiety and allergies were more likely to practise medical pluralism. 展开 关键词: Traditional herbal medicine Non-communicable diseases Medical ...
“Women who understand, support and empower each other to live better. That’s what the Black Women’s Health Movement means to me.” — Traci, BWHM Member — OUR WORK TO DATE We’re helping to engage, empower and advocate women to make meaningful change. ...
Black American women suffer disproportionate morbidity and mortality, as compared with other populations in the United States. Conventional models of health disparities fail to account for these differences. To cultivate greater community engagement in disparities research, we adapted traditional focus group...
In presenting an overview of black Caribbean women's health and well-being in the United Kingdom, this chapter argues that the racialized, gendered, and classed experience of black women is detrimental to their health andthat they face inequalities through discrimination in education, employment, ho...
My research responds to two major questions: (1) what has been the effectiveness of the political work of Black Women's NGOs in the areas of sexual and reproductive health in Brazil, particularly with respect to reducing the effects of racial, gender, and class discrimination; (2) what are...
Black women who live in low-socioeconomic status neighborhoods are more likely to develop anumberof conditions, including an aggressive subtype of breast cancer calledestrogen receptor-negative(ER–), which has been the focus of some of BWHS' most prominent research. ...