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Informationen zum Autor Catherine Fisher Collins , PhD, is associate professor of Community and Human Services at State University at New York Empire State College. She is a nurse practitioner and holds a doctorate in Education Administration. Klappentext 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. Written by an all-female, all-African American team of health experts that include nurse practitioners, registered nurses, educators, and psychologists, this book focuses on the diseases and related social issues that cause the greatest harm and pose the greatest threat to African American women today. Its chapters address topics as varied as heart disease, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, domestic violence, cervical and breast cancers, obesity, depression, mental illness, dementia/Alzheimer's, and incarcerated women's health care. A chapter is dedicated to identifying the social, cultural, and environmental barriers that block African American women from experiencing the best possible lives. Providing comprehensive coverage of the topic from an Afrocentric perspective, this text will be of great interest to medical and psychological health professionals and professors; social workers, counselors, and students in these fields; as well as African American women seeking current and expert information on these health threats. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Sick, Tired, and Healing by Julianne Malveaux Preface Acknowledgments 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 Intersections and Aftereffects Lorraine E. Peeler 9 Health-Care Pathways and Issues for African American Women in Prison Catherine Fisher Collins Index About the Editor and Contributors ...
