African American women's health and social issues

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

Other author/creator	Collins, Catherine Fisher.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	2nd ed.
Publication Info	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2006.
Description	x, 218 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Women's Health--United States. Black or African American--United States. Health Status--United States. Sociology--United States. History of Medicine. African American women--Health and hygiene. African American women--Diseases. African American women--Social conditions.

Contents	Foreword / Vivian W. Pinn -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : commentary on the health and social status of African American women / Catherine Fisher Collins -- 1. African American women and heart disease / Lynn Valencia Perry-Bottinger -- 2. Breast cancer in African American women / Patricia K. Bradley -- 3. Understanding sickle cell disease in African American women / Jamesetta A. Newland and Cassandra Dobson -- 4. Sickle cell disease : what's going on? insights for women / Cheryl Hunter-Grant -- 5. Diabetes and African American women / Catherine Fisher Collins -- 6. HIV/AIDS : confronting the health risk factors / Lorraine E. Peeler -- 7. Social construction and social transmission of HIV/AIDS / Lorraine E. Peeler -- 8. Allowing illness in order to heal : sojourning the African American woman and the AIDS pandemic / Renee Bowman Daniels -- 9. African American women and depression / Freida Hopkins Outlaw -- 10. Homeless women : caught in a web of poverty / Juanita K. Hunter -- 11. Informed decisions : paving the way to informed consent / Rhea J. Simmons -- 12. Women in the shadow : seeking health, seeking self / Virginia A. Batchelor -- 13. Women of color and the roots of coping : a literary perspective / Imani Lillie B. Fryar -- Index -- About the editor and contributors.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2006008227
ISBN	0275980820
ISBN	9780275980825