NEWS Why Wakanda Matters to Mental Health: https://www.afro.com/why-wakanda-matters-to-black-mental-health/Overnight
Health Care: Judge temporarily blocks Trump abortion rule | CBO report on single-payer coming next week | Warren plan would reward hospitals that make childbirth safer for black women: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/overnights/440734-overnight-health-care-cbo-to-release-report-on-single-payer
Measure to make abortion unconstitutional in Louisiana advances: https://www.houmatoday.com/news/20190425/measure-to-make-abortion-unconstitutional-in-louisiana-advances
There’s a Problem With Elizabeth Warren’s Maternal Mortality Plan: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/the-problem-with-elizabeth-warrens-maternal-mortality-plan.html
Uncle Joe Got a Whole Lotta 'Splainin’ to Do: https://www.theroot.com/uncle-joe-got-a-whole-lota-splainin-to-do-1834307282
The History and Political Power of Black Motherhood: https://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/black-women-mothers-interview-dani-mcclain-20190425
Creators for Good: Freddie Ransome On Knowing Her Normal And Staying Ladylike: https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/04/25/creators-for-good-freddie-ransome-buzzfeed-laylike-knowing-normal-ad-council/
Democratic 2020 candidates pitch platforms to women of color, black mayors in early swing through Texas: https://www.insightnews.com/news/national/democratic-candidates-pitch-platforms-to-women-of-color-black-mayors/article_5e9c83d2-6770-11e9-8dd4-53e4620e80fd.html100
Black Women hosts five-year milestone celebration:http://www.thecolumbiastar.com/news/2019-04-26/Society/100_Black_Women_hosts_fiveyear_milestone_celebrati.html
Black Moms Die More: http://www.precinctreporter.com/2019/04/25/health-crisis-black-moms-die-more/
Sanders gets tough reception at minority women’s event, signaling challenges ahead: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-gets-tough-reception-at-minority-womens-event-signaling-challenges-ahead/2019/04/24/baf1b172-66ab-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html?utm_term=.e3e27256b127
These black women want 2020 Democrats to earn their votes this time: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/These-black-women-want-2020-Democrats-to-earn-13793482.php
Elizabeth Warren Lays Out Plan To Combat Black Maternal Mortality: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-black-maternal-mortality_n_5cc0e93fe4b0ad77ff7f717b
RESEARCH
Stress, Resilience, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Black Women: Results From the Women’s Health Initiative: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005284Abstract P037:
Independent and Joint Associations of 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels With Cardiometabolic Biomarkers Among American White and Black Postmenopausal Women: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/circ.139.suppl_1.P037
Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Black and Puerto Rican Women in Their Late Thirties: A Brief Report: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-019-00877-7
Abstract P122: Intersectional Effects of Racial and Gender Discrimination on Cardiovascular Health Vary Among Black and White Women and Men in the Cardia Study: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/circ.139.suppl_1.P122
Dark and sick, light and healthy: black women’s complexion-based health disparities: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13557858.2017.1315376?casa_token=euxmyJnurHkAAAAA:z8OvJYlaVDWdJ-HGQXPUDQGnrmgo8X1X5mjVbIZ_MHRHkrB2PtnLHeSCr9hJXh1lCbnkNs0Y1Rgw_A
The HIP LADIES: A Pilot Health Improvement Project for HIV Prevention in Black College Women: https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30720560
Black women's activism and organisation in public health - struggles and strategies for better health and wellbeing: http://oro.open.ac.uk/59460/
Reproductive Health Outcomes in African Refugee Women: A Comparative Study: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jwh.2018.7314
POLICY
Black Women Experience Pervasive Disparities in Access to Health Insurance: http://www.nationalpartnership.org/our-work/resources/health-care/black-womens-health-insurance-coverage.pdf
BLACK WOMEN VOTE: The 2019 National Health Policy Agenda: https://www.bwhi.org/2019_national_health_policy_agenda/
The Black Women’s Health Imperative & The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Aim To Increase Impact With New Partnership: https://www.bwhi.org/2019/04/16/the-black-womens-health-imperative-the-national-coalition-of-100-black-women-inc-aim-to-increase-impact-with-new-partnership/
Racial disparities continue for black women seeking heart health care: https://newsroom.heart.org/news/racial-disparities-continue-for-black-women-seeking-heart-health-care
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