Column: Black women health - Breastfeeding: Empowering Black Women by Isabel CF da Cruz

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The intersectionality of black women’s leadership by Dr Timothee Ouattara

“…Drawing on intersectional feminist theory, this study investigates how the Black Lives Matter movement has influenced the leadership roles and experiences of black women. It examines the challenges, opportunities, and strategies employed by black women leaders in navigating systems of oppression and mobilizing for social change. …”
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On intersectionality: visualizing the invisibility of Black women by Shelby Billups, Barbara Thelamour, Paul Thibodeau, Frank H. Durgin

“…Abstract Intersectionality refers to the simultaneous and interacting effects of multiple group categorization on individuals with minoritized status, often leading to being perceived in a manner inconsistent with the additive contributions of those categories. For Black women, a number of findings have contributed to the idea that Black women have a unique perceived absence of status, for example, and are perceived as distinct from being Black or a woman. …”
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The Mass Incarceration of Black Women in Brazil by Laura Marquesan Eschberger

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Black Women’s Hair Consciousness and the Politics of Being by Sarah Setlaelo

Subjects: “…black women’s hair…”
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Black women’s bodies as sacrificial lambs at the altar by Sandisele L. Xhinti, Hundzukani P. Khosa-Nkatini

“…Elmina Castle had a dungeon that kept black women who were waiting to be sold to a trade master. …”
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Visible, invisible: Black women in higher education by Victoria Showunmi

“…When Black women gain leadership roles, the traditional characteristics associated with leaders often conflict with the stereotypical expectations of Black women. …”
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Considerations and recommendations on camouflage in alopecia in Black women by Marta Taye, BA, Nourine Ahmed Kamili, PhD, Crystal Aguh, MD, Loren D. Krueger, MD

“…Alopecia is among the leading dermatological concerns affecting Black women. For many women, hair is a central component of identity and self-expression, the loss of which can have significant psychosocial effects. …”
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Motivation Regulation among Black Women Triathletes by Candace S. Brown

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“I decided…”: Agency in Black women professors by Ncamisile Zulu

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Social mobility and perinatal depression in Black women by Melissa Hawkins, Arun Mallapareddi, Dawn Misra

“…This study examines the impact of perceived financial status across the life-course on depressive symptoms during pregnancy among Black women.MethodsData were from the Life-course Influences of Fetal Environments (LIFE) retrospective cohort study among pregnant Black women in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan. …”
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“I decided…”: Agency in Black women professors by Ncamisile Zulu

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The myth of the double-advantage : black women in management by Fulbright-Anderson, Karen

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The Black women first initiative: using implementation science to examine bundled interventions to improve care and treatment coordination for Black women with HIV by Serena Rajabiun, Corliss Heath, Angela Wangari Walter, Judith C. Scott, Alicia Downes, Esther Jennings, Howard J. Cabral, Cecilia Flores-Rodriguez, Linda Sprague Martinez

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Clinicians' Perspectives on Racism and Black Women's Maternal Health by Brittany D. Chambers, Brianne Taylor, Tamara Nelson, Jessica Harrison, Arielle Bell, Allison O'Leary, Helen A. Arega, Sepehr Hashemi, Safyer McKenzie-Sampson, Karen A. Scott, Tina Raine-Bennett, Andrea V. Jackson, Miriam Kuppermann, Monica R. McLemore

“…Objective: The objective of this study was to explore clinician perceptions of how racism affects Black women's pregnancy experiences, perinatal care, and birth outcomes. …”
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“Shutterbug?”: Black Women Photographers and the Politics of Self-Representation by Emily Brady

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Health in colour: black women, racism, and maternal health by Elizabeth Dayo, Kayonne Christy, Ruth Habte

Subjects: “…Black women…”
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Black Women in the Rijksmuseum’s Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Collection by Stephanie Archangel, Maria Holtrop

“…Black women in this period are depicted in a number of genres. …”
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Corrigendum: Social mobility and perinatal depression in Black women by Melissa Hawkins, Arun Mallapareddi, Dawn P. Misra

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Vitamin D and risk of hypertension among Black women by Shanshan Sheehy, Julie R. Palmer, Yvette Cozier, Kimberly A. Bertrand, Lynn Rosenberg

“…Limited data are available on Black individuals, who are more likely to have vitamin D deficiency. In the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS), a prospective study of 59 000 self‐identified Black women from across the US, we assessed levels of a validated predicted vitamin D score in relation to incident hypertension. …”
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