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African American women's life issues today : vital health and social matters / Catherine Fisher Collins, editor ; foreword by Julianne Malveaux.

Contributor(s): Collins, Catherine Fisher [editor of compilation.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2013]Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xxxvi, 168 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781440802973 (hardcopy : alk. paper); 1440802971 (hbk. : acid-free paper).Subject(s): African American women -- Health and hygiene | African American women -- Diseases | African American women -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 613/.04244
Contents:
Sick, tired, and healing / Julianne Malveaux -- Introduction on the health and social status of African American women / Catherine Fisher Collins -- Section I. Physical health. 1. Health disparities and cardiovascular disease in African American women / Mattie L. Rhodes -- 2. African American women: living with sickle cell disease / Jamesetta A. Newland -- 3. Promoting cervical cancer prevention among African American women / Denise M. Linton -- 4. African American women and breast cancer issues / Patricia K. Bradley -- 5. The skinny on fat and exercise: truth about obesity among Black women / Portia Johnson and Yvonne Wesley -- Section II. Mental health. 6. Super sisters: daring to say it, depression / Shuana K. Tucker and Lisa M. Loury-Lomas -- 7. Dementia in African American women / Funmi A. Aiyegbo-Ohadike -- Section III. Environmental factors. 8. African American women, intimate partner violence, and community violence: health intersection and aftereffects / Lorraine E. Peeler -- 9. Health-care pathways and issues for African American women in prison / Catherine Fisher Collins.
Summary: Covers a wide range of health issues affecting African American women, including heart disease, cancer, dementia, depression, domestic violence, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, obesity, and sickle cell anemia.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sick, tired, and healing / Julianne Malveaux -- Introduction on the health and social status of African American women / Catherine Fisher Collins -- Section I. Physical health. 1. Health disparities and cardiovascular disease in African American women / Mattie L. Rhodes -- 2. African American women: living with sickle cell disease / Jamesetta A. Newland -- 3. Promoting cervical cancer prevention among African American women / Denise M. Linton -- 4. African American women and breast cancer issues / Patricia K. Bradley -- 5. The skinny on fat and exercise: truth about obesity among Black women / Portia Johnson and Yvonne Wesley -- Section II. Mental health. 6. Super sisters: daring to say it, depression / Shuana K. Tucker and Lisa M. Loury-Lomas -- 7. Dementia in African American women / Funmi A. Aiyegbo-Ohadike -- Section III. Environmental factors. 8. African American women, intimate partner violence, and community violence: health intersection and aftereffects / Lorraine E. Peeler -- 9. Health-care pathways and issues for African American women in prison / Catherine Fisher Collins.

Covers a wide range of health issues affecting African American women, including heart disease, cancer, dementia, depression, domestic violence, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, obesity, and sickle cell anemia.

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