Black women and public health : strategies to name, locate, and change systems of power

Black women and public health : strategies to name, locate, and change systems of power /

This volume creates an urgently needed interdisciplinary dialogue about issues of race, gender, and health. An enduring history of racism, sexism, and dehumanization of Black women's bodies has largely rendered the health needs of the Black community inaudible and invisible. Grounded in the liv...

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Other Authors: Evans, Stephanie Y. (Editor), Davis, Sarita K. (Editor), Hinkson, Leslie R., 1971- (Editor), Wathington, Deanna J. (Editor), Ward, Jasmine (author of afterword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany, New York : SUNY Press, [2022]
Series:SUNY series in Black women's wellness
Subjects:
African American women > Medical care.
African American women > Health and hygiene.
Public health > Social aspects > United States.
Health care reform > United States.
Race discrimination > Health aspects > United States.
Discrimination in medical care > United States.
Racism in medicine > United States.
Health services accessibility.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Race, gender and public health: social justice and wellness work / Stephanie Y. Evans, Sarita K. Davis, Leslie R. Hinkson, and Deanna J. Wathington
  • Part one. Name inequity. Reversing the dehumanization of Black women / Tiffany D. Thomas and Mandy Hill
  • An overview of the past, present, and future of Black women in health policy / Rebekah Israel Cross, Brittney Butler, and Mya L. Roberson
  • The maternal mortality crisis in the Black community / Jovonni R. Spinner, Sheila Carrette, and Joylene John-Sowah
  • Promoting self-care and awareness of stress, the Strong Black Woman schema and mental health among African American women / Dakota King-White, Kelly Yu-Hsin Liao, and Elice E. Rogers
  • Part two. Locate disparity. The Black Women's Health Study: working together to improve the health of Black women / Traci N. Bethea and Yvette C. Cozier
  • The swelling wave of oppression: an intersectional study to evaluate health challenges of self-identified Black queer women in the American South / Jayme Canty
  • Rural Black maternal health in the age of digital deserts / Alisa Valentin and Christy M. Gamble
  • Pouring from a leaking cup: informal family caregivers in the Black community / Esther Piervil
  • Part three. Act for change. Black women and public health in the UK / Jenny Douglas
  • Enhancing clinical practice to include biomedical HIV prevention for Black women / Mandy Hill, Ndidiamaka N. Amutah-Onukagha, Charlene A. Flash, Kelli Joiner, Folake Olayinka, and Bisola Ojikutu
  • Am I my sister's mentor? Why mentoring underrepresented minority medical and public health faculty can improve the health of Black women / Andrea Anderson, Judy Washington, and Joedrecka S. Brown Speights
  • Stress and Black women's health: origins, coping strategies, and implications for policy and practice / Portia A. Jackson Preston, Leslie Bronner, and Yvonne Bronner
  • Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda's yogic journey: creativity, community, and caretaking / Tamara Y. Jeffries, Santiba D. Campbell, and Yasmeen J. Long
  • When Black scholars embrace ourselves in our research, we reclaim our power / Sarita K. Davis
  • Afterword / Jasmine Ward.

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