Black Women and Public Health
Title | Black Women and Public Health PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Y. Evans |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 2022-03-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1438487339 |
2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Black Women and Public Health 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 lived experiences and expertise of Black women, this collection bridges gaps between researchers, practitioners, educators, and advocates. Black women's public health work is a regenerative practice—one that looks backward, inward, and forward to improve the quality of life for Black communities in the United States and beyond. The three dozen authors in this volume offer analysis, critique, and recommendations for overcoming longstanding and contemporary challenges to equity in public health practices.
Black Women's Mental Health
Title | Black Women's Mental Health PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Y. Evans |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2017-06-01 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1438465815 |
Creates a new framework for approaching Black womens wellness, by merging theory and practice with both personal narratives and public policy. This book offers a unique, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful look at the challenges and potency of Black womens struggle for inner peace and mental stability. It brings together contributors from psychology, sociology, law, and medicine, as well as the humanities, to discuss issues ranging from stress, sexual assault, healing, self-care, and contemplative practice to health-policy considerations and parenting. Merging theory and practice with personal narratives and public policy, the book develops a new framework for approaching Black womens wellness in order to provide tangible solutions. The collection reflects feminist praxis and defines womanist peace in terms that reject both superwoman stereotypes and victim caricatures. Also included for health professionals are concrete recommendations for understanding and treating Black women. this book speaks not only to Black women but also educates a broader audience of policymakers and therapists about the complex and multilayered realities that we must navigate and the protests we must mount on our journey to find inner peace and optimal health. from the Foreword by Linda Goler Blount
Black Women's Health
Title | Black Women's Health PDF eBook |
Author | Yvonne Wesley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN |
Women have always played a unique role in society. Seen as the nucleus of the family, textbooks about women have focused on their history in society, workplace rights, and the psychology of women. There have even been textbooks that look at women in politics. Representing less than 7% of the U. S. population, textbooks about the health of Black women are scarce. There are many books by and about Black women. However, a textbook that guides the learning experience of students about the health of Black women is rare. This Book provides qualitative and quantitative truth about Black women and their health. It offers a look at how social dimensions create layers of inequality that structure the relative position of Black women. Although not referred to as `evidenced based practice', an underlying theme of this book bridges the gap between academic theory and action on the part of health care practitioners, policy makers, and researchers. This new and important book gives a broad look at the problems that African American women face both mentally and physically as related to health care. It also describes ways that practitioners, researchers, and the society as a whole can aid in alleviating the issues that African American women face on a daily basis. The book proposes several ways in which to achieve this goal.
Body & Soul
Title | Body & Soul PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Villarosa |
Publisher | Harper Perennial |
Pages | 616 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN |
Written by black women for black women and sponsored by the National Black Women's Health Project, here is an honest, straight-from-the-heart guide reminiscent of Our Bodies, Ourselves that addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual health issues and concerns of black women today. Linda Villarosa is a senior editor at Essence magazine. 175 photos and illustrations.
Black Women and Public Heal
Title | Black Women and Public Heal PDF eBook |
Author | Davis EVANS |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-09-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781438487328 |
Moves Black women's voices and experiences from the margins to the center of conversations about public health.
Black Women's Health
Title | Black Women's Health PDF eBook |
Author | Michele Tracy Berger |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 2021-04-06 |
Genre | MEDICAL |
ISBN | 1479828521 |
"This book explores the meaning and practice of health in the lives of southern African American women and their adolescent daughters"--
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
Title | Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired PDF eBook |
Author | Susan L. Smith |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2010-08-03 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0812200276 |
Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired moves beyond the depiction of African Americans as mere recipients of aid or as victims of neglect and highlights the ways black health activists created public health programs and influenced public policy at every opportunity. Smith also sheds new light on the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment by situating it within the context of black public health activity, reminding us that public health work had oppressive as well as progressive consequences.