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Health Equity Among Black Women in the United States

(3 days ago) WEBThe health of Black women is measured in their disproportionally poor health outcomes, but it is a result of a complex milieu of barriers to quality health care, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8020496/

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Three Days That Changed the Thinking About Black Women’s Health

(6 days ago) WEBNov. 11, 2023. On June 24, 1983, Byllye Avery welcomed busloads of Black women to the campus of Spelman College in Atlanta. She was in a state of disbelief. The women had …

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/headway/black-women-health.html

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Why Racial Inequities Still Persist in Health Care - The …

(7 days ago) WEBOverall, Black women face a much higher risk of dying from pregnancy complications than white women, with maternal mortality rates of 41.7 per 100,000 live births for Black women, compared with 13

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/health/racial-disparities-health-care.html

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Welcome to BWHI! - Black Women's Health Imperative

(7 days ago) WEBThe Black Women's Health Imperative is the first nonprofit organization created by Black women to help protect and advance the health and wellness of Black women and girls. …

https://bwhi.org/

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Trying To Avoid Racist Health Care, Black Women Seek Out Black …

(8 days ago) WEBFor Black women, the impact of systemic racism can show up starkly in childbirth. They are three times more likely to die after giving birth than white women in …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/28/996603360/trying-to-avoid-racist-health-care-black-women-seek-out-black-obstetricians

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Black women in medicine—rising above invisibility

(3 days ago) WEBThe voice and agency of Black women health professionals have been systematically neglected, despite progress towards egalitarianism in medicine. The relationship of Black women to medicine has historically …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00302-0/fulltext

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How Unconscious Bias in Health Care Puts Pregnant Black Women …

(2 days ago) WEBDepression and Suicide: Women who experience depression during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth have a greater risk of suicide and attempted …

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/health/pregnant-black-women-bias.html

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Structural Racism And Black Women’s Employment In The US …

(Just Now) WEBBecause Black women are so overrepresented in the sector, opening up opportunities for mobility within health care is a key way to combat racist occupational exclusion. 30 …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01400

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Five Facts About Black Women’s Experiences in Health Care

(1 days ago) WEBBlack women who had at least half of their health care visits with a racially concordant provider report more positive interactions with their health care providers. …

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/five-facts-about-black-womens-experiences-in-health-care/

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Black Women’s Biggest Health Issue Is the System

(3 days ago) WEBIn Upton/Druid Heights, 54.7% of 10,071 residents are women, 93.3% of which are Black women compared to Roland Park that has a similar percentage of …

https://magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2020/black-womens-biggest-health-issue-system

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Racism, Sexism, and the Crisis of Black Women’s Health

(5 days ago) WEBFor nearly 30 years, Boston University has led the largest and longest-running study of Black women’s health, shining a light on tragic disparities and showing …

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/racism-sexism-and-the-crisis-of-black-womens-health/

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How discrimination can harm black women’s health

(6 days ago) WEBBlack women face risks to their health from discrimination—both from health professionals who don’t take their concerns seriously and from biological wear and tear caused by …

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/discrimination-black-womens-health/

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Health in colour: black women, racism, and maternal health

(2 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the racial reckoning that took place in the summer of 2020, has placed racial disparities at the forefront of contemporary …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(22)00225-3/fulltext

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Solving the Black Maternal Health Crisis - Johns Hopkins

(4 days ago) WEBPolicy Solutions . Sixty-five percent of Black birthing people in the U.S. rely on Medicaid—the joint state and federal health care program for low-income …

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/solving-the-black-maternal-health-crisis

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What drives Black maternal health inequities in the U.S.

(4 days ago) WEBThere is insufficient investment in “the health and well-being of women and families in this country,” said Dr. Crear-Perry. This ties in with the U.S. history and …

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/population-care/what-drives-black-maternal-health-inequities-us

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Working Together to Reduce Black Maternal Mortality Health …

(1 days ago) WEBBlack women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than White women. Multiple factors contribute to these disparities, such as …

https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/maternal-mortality/index.html

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Key Data on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity

(6 days ago) WEBThe BRFSS survey measures eleven types of ACEs among adults. As of 2021, AIAN (31%), Black (22%) and Hispanic (22%) adults were more likely than White …

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/report/key-data-on-health-and-health-care-by-race-and-ethnicity/

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Reducing Racial Inequities in Health: Using What We Already …

(3 days ago) WEBOther data reveal that black women born between 1967 and 1969 had better health status as adults and were less likely to have low-birth weight infants and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406315/

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Largest study of its kind to investigate why Black women are more …

(9 days ago) WEB“Voices of Black Women represents a crucial step toward achieving health equity in a population that is long overdue,” said Dr. Alpa Patel, co-principal investigator …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/health/black-women-cancer-rates-study/index.html

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Inside the Three Days That Reframed Black Women’s Health

(2 days ago) WEBIn June of 1983, Black women gathered for the First National Conference on Black Women’s Health Issues. Credit Photo Illustration by Alanna Fields; …

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/us/black-womens-health.html

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Clinicians' Perspectives on Racism and Black Women's Maternal …

(3 days ago) WEBInstitutionalized racism in health care settings contributes to Black women receiving lower quality of care in comparison to white women, resulting in inequities in adverse maternal …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9148644/

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Black/African American Health Office of Minority Health

(9 days ago) WEBHealth. According to Census Bureau projections, the 2021 life expectancies at birth for blacks are 70.8 years, with 74.8 years for women, and 66.7 years for men. For non …

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/blackafrican-american-health

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9 Black women who have transformed health and wellness …

(4 days ago) WEBIn honor of Women’s History Month, theGrio has compiled a list of Black women who have made history in health and wellness. Joycelyn Elders. Joycelyn Elders. was born a …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/9-black-women-who-have-transformed-health-and-wellness-throughout-history/ar-BB1keXmV

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Minority women unsatisfied with pregnancy care, sound alarm for …

(5 days ago) WEBAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the maternal mortality rate in the United States stands at approximately 17.4 deaths per …

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/healthcare/2024/05/20/minority-women-unsatisfied-with-pregnancy-care-sound-alarm-for-change/73632532007/

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Black Womxn’s Health & Livelihood Initiative Celebrates 5 Years!

(7 days ago) WEBUnder the leadership of co-directors Judy Young, MPH and Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS, and Assistant Director Katie Brown, MD, the BWHLI has developed race-concordant care …

https://womenshealth.ucsf.edu/coe/news/article/black-womxns-health-livelihood-initiative-celebrates-5-years

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231 Black healthcare leaders to know 2024 - Becker's Hospital …

(5 days ago) WEBAlicia Gresham. CEO of Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia). Bringing nearly three decades of experience, Ms. Gresham became CEO of the 525-bed …

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/lists/231-black-leaders-in-healthcare-2024.html

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Ask the expert: How are mental health and wellness connected in …

(8 days ago) WEBFor Black women and girls, trained therapists are critical, but there are other mental health practitioners in their communities. It could be faith-based leaders or …

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2024/ask-the-expert-how-are-mental-health-and-wellness-connected-in-the-black-community-and-beyond

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Study finds gene variants tied to breast cancer risk in Black women …

(3 days ago) WEBBlack Americans’ risk for breast cancer gains clarity in analysis of 40,000 genomes. By Angus Chen. Reprints. Adobe. H undreds of genetic variants can nudge …

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/21/breast-cancer-genetic-risk-factors-women-african-descent/

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7 things to know about how stroke is different for women

(7 days ago) WEBFor example, Black women are twice as likely to have a stroke as non-Hispanic white women, says the Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of …

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/05/22/7-things-to-know-about-how-stroke-is-different-for-women

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AI More Likely To Wrongly Indicate Breast Cancer In Black Women …

(Just Now) WEBAn FDA-approved AI algorithm was more likely to wrongly indicate the presence of cancer in Black women compared to White, Hispanic and Asian women, …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2024/05/22/ai-more-likely-to-wrongly-indicate-breast-cancer-in-black-women/

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The South can be a dangerous place to be Black and pregnant

(4 days ago) WEBI’m Lauren Sausser, a KFF Health News reporter based in Charleston, S.C. I cover health-care news across the South, which unfortunately means I’ve written a lot …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/24/south-can-be-dangerous-place-black-women-be-pregnant/

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