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Mental Health Strategies Informed by Black Feminist Thought

Open Cultural Studies, 2022
There is currently a gap in the literature that explicitly connects Black feminist thought with psychological theory, research, or intervention. This article review aims to assist in filling the gap and inspire scholars to actively utilize the knowledge ...
Oliphant Vanessa Nicole, Broyles Deja, Clement Déjà N., Wingate LaRicka R.   +3 more
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Mainstreaming Black Women into Managerial Positions in the South African Corporate Sector in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2021
The active participation of Black South African women in the corporate sector is essential for the achievement of equity and diversity. Since 1994 the sector has failed to promote black women into managerial positions despite the existence of the ...
Motlhatlego Dennis Matotoka, Kolawole Olusola Odeku   +1 more
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Black Feminism Reflected through The Narrator’s Responses of Women Oppression In Maya Angelou’s Memoir: A Letter To My Daughter

Journal of Language and Literature, 2022
Any unjust situation where one group denies another group is considered as oppression. This condition is possibly initiated by groups that assume their internal attribute as superior to another group.
Elly Santi Pertiwi, Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani   +1 more
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Exploring factors contributing to low uptake of the NHS Breast Cancer Screening Programme among Black African women in the UK [PDF]

, 2017
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United Kingdom (UK) accounting for about 15% of cancer deaths. The National Breast Cancer Screening Programme in the UK was introduced in 1988 to assist with early detection and better management
Ali, Nasreen, Bamidele, Olufikayo, Papadopoulos, Chris, Randhawa, Gurch   +3 more
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The Meaning of Silence: The Silence of the Oppressed in Maya Angelou’s I Know 'Why the Caged Bird Sings' and Zora Neale Hurston’s 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' and 'Jonah’s Gourd Vine'

Linguaculture, 2013
The paper explores the meaning of silence in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Jonah’s Gourd Vine.
Anca-Beatrice Matei
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Unique Stress, Cultural Resources, and Psychological Resilience in Young African American Women: Insights for Effective Intervention and CVD Prevention

Psychology International
Objective: Psychological resilience, defined as one’s self-reported ability to bounce back from stress, is understudied in young African American women (YAAW).
Sparkle Springfield-Trice, Cara Joyce, Penny Williams-Wolford, Dinishia Wolford, Destiny Onyeise, Natalie Battles, Dionne V. Milton, Chineze Mogbo, Raigine Robinson, Dave Stovall, Lena Hatchett, Ursula M. Staudinger   +11 more
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Association between grip strength and diabetes prevalence in black, South Asian, and white European ethnic groups: a cross-sectional study of 418,656 UK Biobank participants [PDF]

, 2017
Aims: To quantify the extent to which ethnic differences in muscular strength might account for the substantially higher prevalence of diabetes in black and South-Asian compared with white European adults.
Celis-Morales, C.A., Gill, J.M.R., Mackay, D.F., Ntuk, U.E., Pell, J.P., Sattar, N.   +5 more
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A Qualitative Study of Black College Women’s Experiences of Misogynoir and Anti-Racism with High School Educators

Social Sciences, 2021
A growing body of literature highlights how teachers and administrators influence Black girls’ academic and social experiences in school. Yet, less of this work explores how Black undergraduate women understand their earlier school experiences ...
Seanna Leath, Noelle Ware, Miray D. Seward, Whitney N. McCoy, Paris Ball, Theresa A. Pfister   +5 more
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Racial residential segregation, socioeconomic disparities, and the White-Black survival gap. [PDF]

, 2018
ObjectiveTo evaluate the association between racial residential segregation, a prominent manifestation of systemic racism, and the White-Black survival gap in a contemporary cohort of adults, and to assess the extent to which socioeconomic inequality ...
Duffy, Erin, Escarce, José J, Mendelsohn, Joshua, Popescu, Ioana   +3 more
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Parity and body mass index in US women: a prospective 25-year study. [PDF]

, 2013
ObjectiveTo investigate long-term body mass index (BMI) changes associated with childbearing.Design and methodsAdjusted mean BMI changes were estimated by race-ethnicity, baseline BMI, and parity using longitudinal regression models for 3,943 young ...
Abrams, Barbara, Davis, Esa, Heggeseth, Brianna, Rehkopf, David   +3 more
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