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Frank E. Merriweather Library | RA778.4.A36 A325 2013 | Adult Non-Fiction | New Materials | Searching... |
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Summary
Summary
After decades of research devoted to women's health, a federal agency focused on women's health, and millions of dollars allocated to address women's health disparities, African American women are still the sickest American citizens. This book examines why.
Author Notes
Catherine Fisher Collins , DEd, is associate professor of community and human services at the State University of New York Empire State College.
Reviews 1
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This book provides a good overview of health-related topics pertaining to African American women. The edited collection, organized into three parts, includes nine chapters authored by nurses, educators, and psychologists. Section 1, "Physical Health," by far the largest section, covers cardiovascular disease, sickle cell disease, cervical cancer, breast cancer, and obesity. The chapter on breast cancer is framed within the story of how this disease affected the author's grandmother; this personal account is very accessible and informative and presents a wide variety of factors related to the disease. The second section, "Mental Health," focuses on depression and dementia. The chapter titled "Super Sisters: Daring to Say It ... Depression" provides extensive coverage of an important subject: the stigma attached to mental health issues in the African American community. The final section, "Environmental Factors," discusses interpersonal and community violence as well as health issues for incarcerated women. While the book is uneven in terms of accessibility, readability, and the number of topics covered in each section, the individual chapters offer strategies for innovation and are enhanced by graphs and figures as well as references for further investigation. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates and general readers. H. Aquino Albright College
Table of Contents
Foreword: Sick, Tired, and Healing | p. ix |
Preface | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Introduction on the Health and Social Status of African American Women | p. xix |
Section I Physical Health | |
1 Health Disparities and Cardiovascular Disease in African American Women | p. 3 |
2 African American Women: Living with Sickle Cell Disease | p. 23 |
3 Promoting Cervical Cancer Prevention among African American Women | p. 49 |
4 African American Women and Breast Cancer Issues | p. 63 |
5 The Skinny on Fat and Exercise: Truth about Obesity among Black Women | p. 85 |
Section II Mental Health | |
6 Super Sisters: Daring to Say It... Depression | p. 101 |
7 Dementia in African American Women | p. 117 |
Section III Environmental Factors | |
8 African American Women, Intimate Partner Violence, and Community Violence: Health Intersections and Aftereffects | p. 131 |
9 Health-Care Pathways and Issues for African American Women in Prison | p. 147 |
Index | p. 157 |
About the Editor and Contributors | p. 161 |