Views of Black women patients with obesity on desired and undesired weight‐focused clinical encounters

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn M. Tucker ◽  
Julia Roncoroni ◽  
Kirsten G. Klein ◽  
Terry O. Derias ◽  
Wafaa Ateyah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Women Patients ◽  
Clinical Encounters

scholarly journals Strong, female and Black: Stereotypes of African Caribbean women’s body shape and their effects on clinical encounters

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Andrews ◽  
Sheila Greenfield ◽  
Will Drever ◽  
Sabi Redwood
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Black Feminist ◽  
Clinical Encounters ◽  
Minority Ethnic Groups ◽  
African Caribbean ◽  
Moral Weakness ◽  
Minority Ethnic

The aim of this article is to explore how tendencies to stereotype minority ethnic groups intersect with lay discourses about them in ways that can reproduce cultural prejudices and reinforce inequalities in access to services and health outcomes. Drawing upon Black feminist and cultural studies literature, we present a theoretical examination, the stereotypes of the Black woman as ‘mammy’ and ‘matriarch’. We suggest that the influence of these two images is central to understanding the normalisation of the larger Black female body within African Caribbean communities. This representation of excess weight contradicts mainstream negative discourses of large bodies that view it as a form of moral weakness. Seeking to stimulate reflection on how unacknowledged stereotypes may shape clinical encounters, we propose that for Black women, it is the perception of strength, tied into these racial images of ‘mammy’ and ‘matriarch’ which may influence when or how health services or advice are both sought by them and offered to them. This has particular significance in relation to how body weight and weight management are/are not talked about in primary care-based interactions and what support Black women are/are not offered. We argue that unintentional bias can have tangible impacts and health outcomes for Black women and possibly other minority ethnic groups.

Guided Surgery Treats Fibroids In Black Women

Ob Gyn News ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Miriam E. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Guided Surgery

More Vitamin D Urged for Elderly Black Women

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
PATRICE WENDLING
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Black Women

Optimal BMI for Black Women

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Ben Van Houten
Keyword(s):  
Black Women

Ethnic Differences in Self-Poisoning Across South London

Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-272
Author(s):  
Sean Cross ◽  
Dinesh Bhugra ◽  
Paul I. Dargan ◽  
David M. Wood ◽  
Shaun L. Greene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
White Women ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Managing Risk ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Incident Cases ◽  
Minority Ethnic

Background: Self-poisoning (overdose) is the commonest form of self-harm cases presenting to acute secondary care services in the UK, where there has been limited investigation of self-harm in black and minority ethnic communities. London has the UK’s most ethnically diverse areas but presents challenges in resident-based data collection due to the large number of hospitals. Aims: To investigate the rates and characteristics of self-poisoning presentations in two central London boroughs. Method: All incident cases of self-poisoning presentations of residents of Lambeth and Southwark were identified over a 12-month period through comprehensive acute and mental health trust data collection systems at multiple hospitals. Analysis was done using STATA 12.1. Results: A rate of 121.4/100,000 was recorded across a population of more than half a million residents. Women exceeded men in all measured ethnic groups. Black women presented 1.5 times more than white women. Gender ratios within ethnicities were marked. Among those aged younger than 24 years, black women were almost 7 times more likely to present than black men were. Conclusion: Self-poisoning is the commonest form of self-harm presentation to UK hospitals but population-based rates are rare. These results have implications for formulating and managing risk in clinical services for both minority ethnic women and men.

The Ultimate Victim: Black Women

1977 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 830-831
Author(s):  
NAN E. MCGEHEE
Keyword(s):  
Black Women
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