African-American women's health and social issues / edited by Catherine Fisher Collins ; foreword by Vivian W. Pinn.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Collins, Catherine Fisher
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Auburn House, 1996.
Subjects:
African American women > Health and hygiene.
African American women > Diseases.
African American women > Social conditions.
Women's Health.
Black People.
Health Status.
Sociology.
United States.
Physical Description:xix, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Allowing illness in order to heal : Sojourning African-American women and the AIDS pandemic / Reneé Bowman Daniel
  • Lupus : the silent killer / E. Ginger Sullivan
  • Exploring health issues and health status of African-American women with emphasis on cancer / Noma L. Roberson
  • Hypertension and African-American women / Cynthia Crawford-Green
  • Focus on African-American women and diabetes / Catherine Fisher Collins
  • Alcohol abuse and stress among African-American women / Jacqueline D. Skillern Jackson
  • African-American women : disfigured images in the epidemiology of depression / Peggy Brooks-Bertram
  • African-American homeless women / Juanita K. Hunter
  • Rural black women's knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward breast cancer : a silent epidemic / Dolores Davis-Penn
  • Transracial adoption : in the child's best interest? / Barbara A. Seals Nevergold
  • Reproductive rights : who speaks for African-American women? / Stacey Daniels
  • The roots of coping behavior for African-American women : a literary perspective / Imani Lillie B. Fryar
  • Epilogue : "African sisterhood" / Peggy Brooks-Bertram.