Written by a team of experts that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and chemists, this handbook focuses on the diseases that pose the greatest threat to African American women today.
Written by a team of experts that includes doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and chemists, this handbook focuses on the diseases that pose the greatest threat to African American women today.
Catherine Fisher Collins, PhD, is associate professor of Community and Human Services at State University at New York Empire State College. She is a nurse practitioner and holds a doctorate in Education Administration.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword by Vivian W. Pinn Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Commentary on the Health and Social Status of African American Women Catherine Fisher Collins 1 African American Women and Heart Disease Lynne Valencia Perry-Bottinger 2 Breast Cancer in African American Women Patricia K. Bradley 3 Understanding Sickle Cell Disease in African American Women Jamesetta A. Newland and Cassandra Dobson 4 Sickle Cell Disease: What's Going On? Insights for Women Cheryl Hunter-Grant 5 Diabetes and African American Women Catherine Fisher Collins 6 HIV/AIDS: Confronting the Health Risk Factors Lorraine E. Peeler 7 Social Construction and Social Transmission of HIV/AIDS Lorraine E. Peeler 8 Allowing Illness in Order to Heal: Sojourning the African American Woman and the AIDS Pandemic Renee Bowman Daniels 9 African American Women and Depression Freida Hopkins Outlaw 10 Homeless Women: Caught in a Web of Poverty Juanita K. Hunter 11 Informed Decisions: Paving the Way to Informed Consent Rhea J. Simmons 12 Women in the Shadows: Seeking Health, Seeking Self Virginia A. Batchelor 13 Women of Color and the Roots of Coping: A Literary Perspective Imani Lillie B. Fryar Index About the Editor and Contributors
Foreword by Vivian W. Pinn Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Commentary on the Health and Social Status of African American Women Catherine Fisher Collins 1 African American Women and Heart Disease Lynne Valencia Perry-Bottinger 2 Breast Cancer in African American Women Patricia K. Bradley 3 Understanding Sickle Cell Disease in African American Women Jamesetta A. Newland and Cassandra Dobson 4 Sickle Cell Disease: What's Going On? Insights for Women Cheryl Hunter-Grant 5 Diabetes and African American Women Catherine Fisher Collins 6 HIV/AIDS: Confronting the Health Risk Factors Lorraine E. Peeler 7 Social Construction and Social Transmission of HIV/AIDS Lorraine E. Peeler 8 Allowing Illness in Order to Heal: Sojourning the African American Woman and the AIDS Pandemic Renee Bowman Daniels 9 African American Women and Depression Freida Hopkins Outlaw 10 Homeless Women: Caught in a Web of Poverty Juanita K. Hunter 11 Informed Decisions: Paving the Way to Informed Consent Rhea J. Simmons 12 Women in the Shadows: Seeking Health, Seeking Self Virginia A. Batchelor 13 Women of Color and the Roots of Coping: A Literary Perspective Imani Lillie B. Fryar Index About the Editor and Contributors
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