The mosaic of Latinas in the United States: Psychological practice with Latina women and girls.

2015 ◽  
pp. 81-108
Author(s):  
Dianna Marisol González ◽  
Carrie L. Castañeda-Sound ◽  
Rachel L. Navarro
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Latina Women ◽  
Psychological Practice ◽  
Women And Girls

Sanctuary?

2021 ◽  
pp. 30-49
Author(s):  
Kayla Marie Martensen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
White Women ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
American Society ◽  
Prison Populations ◽  
State Protection

Influenced by critical carceral studies and abolition feminism, this non-empirical work identifies a political, social and economic carceral system that is fueled by existing racist, sexist, classist, homophobic, ableist and xenophobic ideologies, which both minimize resources for Latinx/a women and girls and increases the level of state violence perpetrated against them. The consequences of dispossession, subjugation and stigmatization have impacted Latina/x women's access to livable waged jobs, healthcare, safe and healthy food and water, adequate living conditions, quality education, and acceptance in American society. This violence is justified and considered necessary by constructing Latina/x women and girls as unworthy of state protection and state resource and as threats to the economy, culture and politics of the United States. Latina/x women, like other women of color, are not afforded the protections extended to white women by the state. Many Americans do not see them as the “good victim”, but often they are the “bad woman”, “bad mother”, “sexual deviant”, exploited laborer, culturally defiant, and increasingly they are “illegal”, “criminal” and “terrorist”. This results in Latinx/a women and girls being more likely to be imprisoned than white women and are one of the fastest growing prison populations in the United States.

American Child Bride

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas L. Syrett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Moral Panics ◽  
American Child ◽  
History Of ◽  
Women And Girls

Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past. But Nicholas L. Syrett challenges this assumption in his sweeping and sometimes shocking history of youthful marriage in America. Focusing on young women and girls—the most common underage spouses—Syrett tracks the marital history of American minors from the colonial period to the present, chronicling the debates and moral panics related to these unions. Although the frequency of child marriages has declined since the early twentieth century, Syrett reveals that the practice was historically far more widespread in the United States than is commonly thought. It also continues to this day: current estimates indicate that 9 percent of living American women were married before turning eighteen. By examining the legal and social forces that have worked to curtail early marriage in America—including the efforts of women's rights activists, advocates for children's rights, and social workers—Syrett sheds new light on the American public's perceptions of young people marrying and the ways that individuals and communities challenged the complex legalities and cultural norms brought to the fore when underage citizens, by choice or coercion, became husband and wife.

HIV Testing Behaviors Among Latina Women Tested for HIV in Florida, 2012

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janelle Taveras ◽  
Mary Jo Trepka ◽  
Purnima Madhivanan ◽  
Erica L. Gollub ◽  
Jessy Devieux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Latina Women ◽  
Prevention Services ◽  
Hiv Test ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Introduction: Latina women in the United States (US) are not only disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection but also underuse HIV prevention services, such as HIV testing. Method: HIV testing events were examined to describe the HIV testing behaviors and test results among Latinas tested in 2012 at publicly funded sites in Florida, United States. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the demographic characteristics associated with reports of previous testing and positive HIV test results. Results: Of the 184,037 testing events, 87,569 (45.6%) were among non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs), 47,926 (26.0%) non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), 41,117 (22.3%) Latinas, 5,672 (3.1%) those with unknown race/ethnicity, and 1,753 (1.0%) other racial/ethnic groups. Compared to NHW and NHB women, Latinas testing for HIV were older (mean age = 32.1, NHW = mean age 30.3, NHB = mean age 30.0; p < .0001). Results indicated that women who reported previous HIV testing had decreased odds of being Latina (adjusted odds ratio = 0.90; 95% confidence interval [0.87, 0.94]). Conclusion: These findings indicate that Latinas are underusing HIV testing, and efforts are needed to increase the proportion of Latinas, especially younger Latinas, tested for HIV in Florida.

scholarly journals Listening to the voices of Latina women: Sexual and reproductive health intervention needs and priorities in a new settlement state in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 979-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilli Mann ◽  
Amanda E. Tanner ◽  
Christina J. Sun ◽  
Jennifer Toller Erausquin ◽  
Florence M. Simán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Intervention ◽  
Latina Women

scholarly journals Low Birth Weight Among Infants Born to Black Latina Women in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 538-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janardhan Mydam ◽  
Richard J. David ◽  
Kristin M. Rankin ◽  
James W. Collins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
The United States ◽  
Latina Women

The Charleston Imperative: Why Feminism and Antiracism Must Be Linked

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
African American Policy Forum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Black Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
The South ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
The Republic ◽  
White Womanhood

<p class="p1">As antiracists, we know that the struggle against racial terror is older than the Republic itself. In particular, we remember the work of Ida B. Wells, who risked everything to debunk the lies of lynchers over one hundred years ago. Today, we see that fierce determination in Bree Newsome, who scaled the thirty-foot flagpole at the South Carolina State Capitol and brought down the Confederate flag. As feminists, we recognize how racism has been—and is still—gendered. Patriarchy continues to be foundational to racial terrorism in the United States, both in specious claims that justify the torture of Black men in defense of white womanhood, and in its brutal treatment of Black women and girls. We also recognize that while patriarchy and racism are clearly intertwined, all too often our struggles against them are not.</p><p class="p2">If the reaction to the Charleston massacre is to be realized as something beyond a singular moment of redemptive mourning, then neither the intersectional dynamics of racism and patriarchy that produced this hateful crime nor the inept rhetorical politics that sustain the separation of feminism from antiracism can be allowed to continue. </p>

scholarly journals HIV/AIDS Programming in the United States: Considerations Affecting Transgender Women and Girls

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. S278-S282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae M. Sevelius ◽  
JoAnne Keatley ◽  
Luis Gutierrez-Mock
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transgender Women ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Hiv Aids

Factors leading to satisfaction with counseling for Labor after Cesarean among Latina women in the United States

Birth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyxandra C. Williams ◽  
Liliana I. Martinez ◽  
Andrew Garrison ◽  
Caren J. Frost ◽  
Lisa H. Gren
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Latina Women
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