Racism, African American Women, and Their Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Historical and Contemporary Evidence and Implications for Health Equity
Background: The sexual and reproductive health of African American women has been compromised due to multiple experiences of racism, including discriminatory healthcare practices from slavery through the post-Civil Rights era. However, studies rarely consider how the historical underpinnings of raci...
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Language: | English |
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Mary Ann Liebert
2018-09-01
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Series: | Health Equity |
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Online Access: | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2017.0045 |