saadat, nadia aguate, fernando nowak, alexandra hyer, suzanne lin, anna decot, hannah koch, hannah walker, deborah lydic, todd padmanabhan, vasantha
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Background/Objectives: Lipid metabolism plays an important role in maternal health and fetal development. There is a gap in the knowledge of how lipid metabolism changes during pregnancy for Black women who are at a higher risk of adverse outcomes. We hypothesized that the comprehensive lipidome profiles would show variation across pregnancy indica...
Nydegger, Liesl A Kidane, Heran Benitez, Sabrina Yuan, Mandy Claborn, Kasey R
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Archives of sexual behavior
Black and Latina cisgender women (BLCW) are disproportionally affected by HIV, particularly in the southern U.S. In Austin, Texas, Black women contract HIV 18.4 times more and Latinas 2.6 times more compared to White women. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a medication that prevents contracting HIV; however, PrEP adoption among women is low. The ...
Balasubramanian, Adhitya Balasubramanian, Padmanabhan
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Asian Journal of Medical Humanities
The present article investigates the incapacitating bodily experiences of an unconsented African American research subject Lena Johnson in a Lakewood healthcare project by closely reading Megan Giddings’ novel Lakewood (2020). By Portraying the impact of various medical experiments that incarnate pernicious effects on Lena’s body, the deft fiction ...
Christensen, Kelsey Bauer, Alexandria G Burgin, Tacia Williams, Joah McDowd, Joan Sutkin, Gary Bennett, Kymberly Bowe Thompson, Carole Berkley-Patton, Jannette Y
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Community health equity research & policy
Background: African American women are at greater risk for cervical cancer incidence and mortality than White women. Up to 90% of cervical cancers are caused by human papillomavirus (HPVs) infections. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) co-developed HPV self-test kits to increase access to screening, which may be critical for underserved popula...
Hassan, Kenja S Coon, David W
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Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
The provider's role in retaining Black women with HIV in care: A scoping reviewThis review sought the perspectives of Black women with HIV on actions their providers take that help retain them in medical care.
Subhan, Bibi Aneesa Johnson, Veronica Elaine
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Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
The Strong Black Woman archetype (SBWA) describes a cultural pattern where Black women are expected to and present as physically and mentally strong, regardless of past and ongoing stressors. The SBWA has served the historical purpose of aiding survival for Black women throughout years of racial and gender oppression. However, the practice has also...
Woods-Giscombe, Cheryl L Williams, Karen Patricia Conklin, Jamie Dodd, Adam Bravo, Lilian Anderson, Avery M Frazier, Taleah Bey, Ganga Robinson, Millicent N Warren, Barbara J
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Archives of psychiatric nursing
Resilience, thriving in the face of adversity, is a critical component of well-being in African American women. However, traditional definitions and approaches to operationalize resilience may not capture race- and gender-related resilience experiences of African American women. A more complete conceptualization of resilience may help facilitate fu...
Hamilton, Jill B Abiri, Autherine N Nicolas, Charlyne A Gyan, Kayoll Chandler, Rasheeta D Worthy, Valarie C Grant, Ernest J
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Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education
African American women breast cancer survivors are among those with the greater burden of cancer. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among black women, and this death rate is 40% higher than that of white women. The COVID-19 pandemic increased the burden of morbidity and mortality among this population of cancer survivors. In this r...
Martin, Zachary T Akins, John D Merlau, Emily R Kolade, John O Al-Daas, Iman O Cardenas, Natalia Vu, Joshua K Brown, Kyrah K Brothers, R Matthew
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Microvascular research
Among females in the U.S., Black females suffer the most from cardiovascular disease and stroke. While the reasons for this disparity are multifactorial, vascular dysfunction likely contributes. Chronic whole-body heat therapy (WBHT) improves vascular function, but few studies have examined its acute effect on peripheral or cerebral vascular functi...
Ruiz, Ashley M Moore, Kaylen M Woehrle, Lynne M Kako, Peninnah Davis, Kelly C Mkandawire-Valhmu, Lucy
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Social science & medicine (1982)
Despite calls recognizing the need for culturally sensitive responses to minimize the occurrence of secondary victimization for African American women following an experience of sexual assault, few studies have focused on hearing from African American women survivors about their experiences receiving healthcare services in a hospital setting follow...
