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Black Women and Resilience: Power, Perseverance, and Public Health

Black Women and Resilience: Power, Perseverance, and Public Health

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Series: Suny Black Women's Wellness

Women's HealthBlack American StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 143849422X
ISBN13: 9781438494227
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Oct 2 2024
Pages: 472
Weight: 1.38
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A critical examination of the health disparities and collective resilience of Black women in the United States.

Black Women and Resilience brings together a wealth of qualitative and quantitative research to help foster broad understanding and advancement of Black women's collective health and wellbeing. Throughout, Kisha Braithwaite Holden, Camara Phyllis Jones, and their contributors use a health equity lens, maintaining that achieving health equity requires valuing all individuals and populations equally, recognizing and rectifying historical injustices, and providing resources according to need. Across four sections, scholars, practitioners, and community leaders address cultural narratives of Black womanhood; significant health issues affecting Black women; trauma, stressors, and strategies for healing; and advocacy for social justice and collective action. Multivocal and multidisciplinary, Black Women and Resilience models and invites exchange across sectors and specializations while consistently centering the experiences and contributions of Black women as catalysts for transformation.

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