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123456.pptxWomen’s Health and Race
Introduction
Women's health and race are common health issues
Contribute to reproductive and sexual health differences in African-American women
African-American women experience a massive burden while seeking healthcare
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Racial inferiority has been a historical narrative affecting health practices, quality, and healthcare types
racism highly contributes to social inequality related to healthcare
Literature Review
African American women experience harsh treatments during slavery (Prather et al. (2018)
Sexually exploited and defined as property by whites during slavery
Lacked reproductive rights and control over their sexuality
Video Clip
‘’African-American Slave Women’’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uGtz_qKy2M)
Professor Kessler-Harris explains that African-American slave women during this period performed strenuous physical labor, provided domestic care, and were also often forced to endure sexual abuse
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African-Americans experience pregnancy-related conditions (Moss, 2002)
Experience advanced health conditions that require aggressive procedures
Have longer stays in hospitals - inadequate healthcare attention and low-socio-economic backgrounds
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Transgenerational poverty created during slavery continues to affect African-American women (Prather et al. 2018)
Links between health, poverty, racism, and socioeconomic backgrounds related to Institutionalized racism make women vulnerable to sexual and reproductive health conditions
Example:- Most African-American women live in areas with a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS, making them vulnerable to contract the disease.
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Denied access to social benefits – most live in low socioeconomic backgrounds
Discrimination makes them engage in unlawful behaviors like theft and prostitutions
The American culture has greatly impacted women's health and race issues since slavery
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African-American women had no voice to make their sexual relationship decisions during slavery
Were viewed as reproduction elements where they were only allowed to reproduce as a benefit to white employers
American culture wholly built on racism with health and social disparities.
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Prather et al., (2018). Retrieved: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liebertpub.com%2Fdoi%2F10.1089%2Fheq.2017.0045&psig=AOvVaw0KxURkngRIMRh7UmTka6Wa&ust=1619267425634000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCJiFhruvlPACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD
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Social impacts of racism cause African-American women to live low lives - inadequate education backgrounds and low-paying jobs
Experience inequality in the workplace, making them vulnerable to extreme pressures and mental health conditions
Conclusion
Women's health and race are common cultural phenomenon in America
African-American women experience health disparities
Are generally unable to voice for health changes
Recommendations
The federal state, social justice system, and policy regulators:- Create programs to develop equality in healthcare services
Education programs:- Enhanced to create awareness on public health service providers to provide quality services to all Americans regardless of race, gender, religion, culture, and beliefs
References
Moss, N. E. (2002). Gender equity and socioeconomic inequality: a framework for the patterning of women's health. Social science & medicine, 54(5), 649-661.
Prather, C., Fuller, T. R., Jeffries IV, W. L., Marshall, K. J., Howell, A. V., Belyue-Umole, A., & King, W. (2018). Racism, African American women, and their sexual and reproductive health: a review of historical and contemporary evidence and implications for health equity. Health equity, 2(1), 249-259.
