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Obesity Is Associated with Increased F2-Isoprostanes and IL-6 in Black Women
Endocrines, 2023 Obesity affects over 40% of the adult population and is a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease. Black women have one of the highest prevalences of obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and cardiovascular events
Mohammad Saleem +7 more
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Influence of Sex/Gender and Race on Responses to Raltegravir Combined With Tenofovir-Emtricitabine in Treatment-Naive Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infected Patients: Pooled Analyses of the STARTMRK and QDMRK Studies. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women and blacks merits particular scrutiny because these groups have been underrepresented in clinical trials.
Bekker, Linda-Gail +9 more
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Hypertension in Pregnancy, 2021 Background: We evaluate soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1) levels and cardiac function during pregnancy and postpartum among Black women with and without preeclampsia.
Lisa Levine +7 more
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Frontiers in Communication, 2023 IntroductionRecent studies have found that maternal health knowledge gaps exist among Black women, especially related to postpartum complications. The prenatal period is a key time when pregnant women have direct access to evidence-based sources, such as
Nerissa George +4 more
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Critical Perspectives on Undergraduate Black Women [PDF]
, 2017 This project is one of reclamation, an attempt to explore and name Black undergraduate women’s experiences in higher education scholarship. As a Black queer trans person, Audre Lorde knew all too well the ways in which society defined Black women and the
Croom, Natasha N. +2 more
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Transformation in Higher Education, 2022 Background: The presence of African women in mathematics has been nearly invisible. The underrepresentation of African women in this field is a result of their historical socio-political marginalisation.
Zamambo Mkhize
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Lateral, 2022 "The Aesthetics of Excess" by Jillian Hernandez is a dazzling and provocative book that deploys the aesthetic as a category to grasp with great care the lives and representations of Black and Latina women whose performance of gender exceeds the white ...
Iván Ramos
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The Minds of Black Women — Impacts on Mental Health and Well-Being Across Collective Identities and Experience [PDF]
, 2020 Limited research investigates how structural and institutional barriers affect Black women's mental health. Further, stereotypes and tropes such as the Angry Black Woman and Strong Black Woman are impactful. Black women's proximity to wellness is largely
Campbell, Kayla
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Public Health Reviews, 2022 Objective: To analyze the prevalence of access to prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy among black women compared to other races/ethnicities through a systematic review and meta-analysis.Methods: Searches were carried out at PUBMED, LILACS ...
Pedro Henrique Alcântara da Silva +6 more
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An Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Histotypes Across the African Diaspora
Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 ObjectiveOvarian cancer in Black women is common in many West African countries but is relatively rare in North America. Black women have worse survival outcomes when compared to White women.
Sophia H. L. George +120 more
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