What Healthy Black Women Can Teach Us About Health 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E
What Healthy Black Women Can Teach Us About Health 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E. – Suite 2059, Washington, DC 20003 | 202.787.5930 | www.bwhi.org What Healthy Black Women Can Teach Us About Health © 2019 Third Edition PUBLISHER Linda Goler Blount, MPH EDITOR Valerie Boyd WRITERS Tamara Jeffries Robin D. Stone LEAD RESEARCH ADVISOR Kanika A. Harris, PhD, MPH BLACK WOMEN’S HEALTH STUDY Traci Nicole Bethea, PhD Julie R. Palmer, ScD RESEARCH ASSISTANCE AND CONCEPTUAL GUIDANCE Édeanna Barbirou, MA Yanique Redwood, PhD, MPH H. Shellae Versey, PhD, MPH PHOTOGRAPHY Phelan Marc Media DESIGN Dana Magsumbol Design BLACK WOMEN’S HEALTH IMPERATIVE STAFF Linda Goler Blount, MPH President & CEO Tammy Boyd, JD, MPH Chief Policy Officer Angela Ford, PhD, MSW Chief Program Officer Zsanai Epps, MPH, CHES CONTENTS Manager of Special Projects Ryan Robison Letter From the Publisher . 4 Health Policy Analyst Still Gotta Get Up in the Morning: Joy Chibuzo Health Policy Fellow Stress and Mental Health . 7 Tamea Williams Health Policy Intern Our Black Bodies, Our Full Selves . 19 The High Price of Health . 31 Sexual Healing . 43 Nothing But a Number? Healthy Aging . 51 Published by the Black Women’s Health Imperative, the only Why Black Women’s Health Matters to You . 60 national organization dedicated to improving the health and wellness of our nation’s 21 million Black women and girls— physically, emotionally and financially. Your Role in Black Women’s Health . 61 We Have Cause for Concern . 64 9% 70+ About IndexUS:22% What Healthy34.5% Black Women Can Teach Us About Health is the first health index focused exclusively on 60-69 Under 50 healthy Black women.
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