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

Bibliographic Details
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:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : 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. Public health. Social medicine. Medical policy. African Americans. Women. Public Health. Social Medicine. Health Policy. Health Care Reform. Black or African American. United States.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: race, gender, and public health: social justice and wellness work
Reversing the dehumanization of Black women
An overview of the past, present, and future of Black women in health policy
The maternal mortality crisis in the Black community
Promoting self-care and awareness of stress, the strong Black woman schema, and mental health among African American women
Practice among an invisible population
The Black Women's Health Study: working together to improve the health of Black women
The swelling wave of oppression: an intersectional study to evaluate health challenges of self-identified Black queer women in the American South
Rural Black maternal health in the age of digital deserts
Pouring from a leaking cup: informal family caregivers in the Black community
Black women and public health in the UK
Enhancing clinical practice to include biomedical HIV prevention for Black women
Am I my sister's mentor? Why mentoring underrepresented minority medical and public health faculty can improve the health of Black women
Stress and Black women's health: origins, coping strategies, and implications for policy and practice
Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda's yogic journey: creativity, community, and caretaking
When Black scholars embrace ourselves in our research, we reclaim our power
Afterword.