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African American women's perceptions of the role of genetics in breast cancer risk.
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Abstract: African American women face an unequal breast cancer burden, due to known contributors, such as lack of access to health care, diet and sedentary lifestyle, as well as speculative causes as geographic location and heredity. African American women's perceptions regarding the role of these four variables--genetics, social environment, physical environment, and personal behavior--on breast cancer incidence were evaluated through the use of four focus groups. Results revealed that African American women overestimated the influence of genetics and underestimated the impact of ...
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Advancing African American women in the workplace: new study finds challenges remain despite push for diversity.(Facts & Figures)
Magazine article from: Black Enterprise
; ...reality in this country: African American women are not advancing as far...Catalyst survey Advancing African American Women in the Workplace: What Managers...Need to Know. Even though African American women represent an important and...
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The career experiences of African American women faculty: implications for counselor education programs.
Magazine article from: College Student Journal
; ...recruiting and retaining African American women faculty. This article focuses...challenges that confront African American women professors. Strategies for...mentoring and retaining African American women counseling faculty will...
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Style and Status: Selling Beauty to African American Women, 1920-1975.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History
; ...Status: Selling Beauty to African American Women, 1920-1975. By Susannah...tensions of twentieth-century African American women's beauty culture. Walker...this book makes clear that African American women faced particular challenges...
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African American-still chipping away at the concrete ceiling.(African American women executives reports)(Advertisement)
Magazine article from: Black Enterprise
; African American women executives wield power and influence...Labor Statistics, the number of African American women in the workplace in 2004 totaled...these areas. Dig even deeper and African American women represented just 1.1 percent...
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Collaborative research and reproductive health outcomes among African American women.
Newspaper article from: American Journal of Health Studies
; ...reproductive outcomes among African American women continues to elude health...intersecting identities assumed by African American women (race, class, and gender...stressors confronted by African American women that are embedded in their...
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Shades of black on Homicide: Life on the Street; Advances and retreats in portrayals of African American women.
Magazine article from: Journal of Popular Film and Television
; Abstract: Although African American women have gained entree into...Street provided the venue for African American women to portray ordinary and...directors of Homicide presented African American women with diverse human qualities...
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Up, up, and away: African American women business owners on the rise, continue to soar to the top of the BE 100s. (Facts & Figures).
Magazine article from: Black Enterprise
; ...African American billionaire. African American women have graced the BE AUTO...held firms controlled by African American women in the United States, an...ceiling in corporate America, African American women are starting businesses...
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Survivor network educates African American women.(YOU TELL US)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: ONS Connect
; ...survivors who educate other African American women about breast cancer and...target audience is adult African American women, and more than 300 women...the obstacles that keep African American women from getting mammograms...
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African American women confront the West; 1600-2000. (reprint, 2003).(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; 9780806139791 African American women confront the West; 1600-2000...Paperback E185 The role of African American women in American history is largely...this collection of essays on African American women in the west from 1600-2000...
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According to a recent study, African American women are 2-3 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related conditions than White women.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Women's Health Activist
; According to a recent study, African American women are 2-3 times more likely...that higher mortality among African American women is attributable to higher...case-fatality rates among African American women, including the timing of...
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