Black Womens Wellness

Author : Eleanor Hinton Hoytt,Hilary Beard
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781401936969

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Health First! by Eleanor Hinton Hoytt,Hilary Beard Pdf

The story of Black women in America is one of triumph and grace, even with odds stacked high against them. Health First! The Black Woman’s Wellness Guide provides you with a comprehensive guide to your #1 resource: yourself. Today, as Black women face an unprecedented health crisis, denial and self-neglect are no longer viable options. This groundbreaking volume is rooted in the pioneering work of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, the nation’s only nonprofit organization devoted to advancing the health and wellness of Black women and girls. It offers a core health philosophy—too long denied Black women—based on putting your health first. Health First! explores Black women’s most critical health challenges, connecting the dots through honest discussions with experts and the uncensored stories of real women—from adolescence through elderhood. The focus is on prevention and awareness, across generations and circumstances—from candid conversations about reproductive health and HIV/AIDS to frank explorations of Black women’s Top 10 Health Risks, including cancer, obesity, and violence. No matter what your age or health status, this unprecedented health reference will become a trusted ally as you seek accessible and relevant information to help you navigate your most pressing health needs. In an age of uncertainty, it’s time to take control and truly discover the vitality, power, and joy that can be yours when you learn how to put your health first.

Author : Michele Tracy Berger
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : MEDICAL
ISBN : 9781479828524

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Black Women's Health by Michele Tracy Berger Pdf

"This book explores the meaning and practice of health in the lives of southern African American women and their adolescent daughters"--

Author : Stephanie Y. Evans
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438483658

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Black Women's Yoga History by Stephanie Y. Evans Pdf

How have Black women elders managed stress? In Black Women's Yoga History, Stephanie Y. Evans uses primary sources to answer that question and to show how meditation and yoga from eras of enslavement, segregation, and migration to the Civil Rights, Black Power, and New Age movements have been in existence all along. Life writings by Harriet Jacobs, Sadie and Bessie Delany, Eartha Kitt, Rosa Parks, Jan Willis, and Tina Turner are only a few examples of personal case studies that are included here, illustrating how these women managed traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression. In more than fifty yoga memoirs, Black women discuss practices of reflection, exercise, movement, stretching, visualization, and chanting for self-care. By unveiling the depth of a struggle for wellness, memoirs offer lessons for those who also struggle to heal from personal, cultural, and structural violence. This intellectual history expands conceptions of yoga and defines inner peace as mental health, healing, and wellness that is both compassionate and political.

Author : Melany Silas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0989663388

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Black Women's Mental Health and Wellness Workbook by Melany Silas Pdf

Author : Stephanie Y. Evans,Kanika Bell,Nsenga K. Burton
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781438465814

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Black Women's Mental Health by Stephanie Y. Evans,Kanika Bell,Nsenga K. Burton Pdf

Creates a new framework for approaching Black women’s wellness, by merging theory and practice with both personal narratives and public policy. This book offers a unique, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful look at the challenges and potency of Black women’s struggle for inner peace and mental stability. It brings together contributors from psychology, sociology, law, and medicine, as well as the humanities, to discuss issues ranging from stress, sexual assault, healing, self-care, and contemplative practice to health-policy considerations and parenting. Merging theory and practice with personal narratives and public policy, the book develops a new framework for approaching Black women’s wellness in order to provide tangible solutions. The collection reflects feminist praxis and defines womanist peace in terms that reject both “superwoman” stereotypes and “victim” caricatures. Also included for health professionals are concrete recommendations for understanding and treating Black women. “ this book speaks not only to Black women but also educates a broader audience of policymakers and therapists about the complex and multilayered realities that we must navigate and the protests we must mount on our journey to find inner peace and optimal health.” — from the Foreword by Linda Goler Blount

Author : Chloe Pierre
Publisher : Mobius
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1472286030

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Take Care by Chloe Pierre Pdf

Join the wellness revolution by Black women, for Black women. Take Care prioritizes Black women and their experiences and encourages them to take care of themselves in order to bring their best self into the world. A space for Black women to cultivate their joy is truly a necessity at a time when Black lives are at the forefront of discussions online and in the media, and Take Care is the book to ensure that. Chloe Pierre, founder of thy.self, the brand making self-care inclusive, wants to inspire Black women to take time to care for themselves. In this book she consults experts to create an inspiring and practical guide that offers ways to help you: Be your authentic self Embrace your beauty and feel body positive Deal with grief, loss and mental health issues Create a supportive and uplifting community Practice self-love every day Take Care is a book of warmth, happiness and light, and will help you to refocus and put yourself first.

Author : Stephanie Y. Evans,Sarita K. Davis,Leslie R. Hinkson,Deanna J. Wathington
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438487335

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Black Women and Public Health by Stephanie Y. Evans,Sarita K. Davis,Leslie R. Hinkson,Deanna J. Wathington Pdf

2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Black Women and Public Health creates an urgently needed interdisciplinary dialogue about issues of race, gender, and health. An enduring history of racism, sexism, and dehumanization of Black women's bodies has largely rendered the health needs of the Black community inaudible and invisible. Grounded in the lived experiences and expertise of Black women, this collection bridges gaps between researchers, practitioners, educators, and advocates. Black women's public health work is a regenerative practice—one that looks backward, inward, and forward to improve the quality of life for Black communities in the United States and beyond. The three dozen authors in this volume offer analysis, critique, and recommendations for overcoming longstanding and contemporary challenges to equity in public health practices.

Author : Oludara Adeeyo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781507217320

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Self-Care for Black Women by Oludara Adeeyo Pdf

Prioritize your wellbeing with these 150 self-care exercises designed specifically to help Black women revitalize their outlook on life, improve their mental health, eliminate stress, and self-advocate. Between micro- and macro-aggressions at school, at work, and everywhere in between, it’s tough to prioritize physical and mental wellness as a Black woman, especially with a constant news cycle highlighting Black trauma. Now, with The Self-Care for Black Women you’ll find more than 150 exercises that will help you radically choose to put yourself first. Whether you need a quick pick-me-up in the middle of the day, you’re working through feelings of burnout, or you need to process a microaggression, this book has everything you need to feel more at peace. You’ll find prompts like: -Map out your feelings about a microaggression -Make a list of your safe spaces -Detail out an entire day dedicated to your self-care -And more! It’s time to put yourself first and prioritize your self-care once and for all—and this book is here to help you do just that.

Author : G. Sophie Harding
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781552381014

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Surviving in the Hour of Darkness by G. Sophie Harding Pdf

Surviving in the Hour of Darkness: The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women addresses the health issues - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual - of black women, First Nations women, and other women of colour. The book is a collection of scholarly essays, case studies, personal essays, poetry, and prose written by over 45 contributors. It illustrates, through the voices of many women, that gender, religious, cultural, and class background strongly influence how one experiences illness, how and when one is diagnosed, and how one is treated within the healthcare system. The book also focuses on the need for cultural sensitivity and inclusiveness in the delivery of health services. Surviving in the Hour of Darkness: The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women aims to promote and generate knowledge with and about minority women while identifying key strategies for promoting their health, thus contributing to a broader understanding of how the experience of being a minority woman affects one's health and well-being. With Contributions By: Byllye Y. Avery Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard Dr. Ana Bodnar Shirley Brozzo Nora Burrell Bishakha Chowdhury LindaCornwell Charmaine Crawford Karen Flynn Randa Hammadieh CiajDiannHarris Layla Hassan Troy Hunter Rolanda C. Kane Rosamond S. King Heather MacLeod Kristine Maitland Marisa Marharaj Notisha Massaquoi Naomi North Sima Qadeer Talata Reeves Carla R. Ribeiro Ingrid Rivera Anakana Schofield Beldan Sezen Farah M. Shroff Neeta Singh Lorraine Thomas Roxane Tracey Wendy Vincent Vera M. Wabegijig Ingrid Waldron Pitche Wasayananung Crystal E. Wilkinson Gitane Williams Judith K. Witherow Valerie Wood

Author : Marilyn Hughes Gaston,Gayle K. Porter
Publisher : One World/Ballantine
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780345432162

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Prime Time by Marilyn Hughes Gaston,Gayle K. Porter Pdf

Today seven million African American women are living in their prime, experiencing the joys and challenges of middle age. Now, at last, here is the book that addresses ourtotalhealth needs—physical, emotional, and spiritual. Written by a distinguished physician and a clinical psychologist,Prime Timeis the first complete guide that empowers us to take charge of our lives and attain the well-being we deserve. In many ways, it’s true that we are better off today than our foremothers were: We earn more money, command more respect. Yet in spite of these advances, we still experience more chronic health problems, endure more stress, and live shorter lives than women of other races. That’s whyPrime Timeis both urgent and essential. This groundbreaking book not only lays out a detailed, practical plan for overall healing and for maintaining wellness, it also addresses the underlying attitudes and assumptions that lead so many of us to neglect ourselves and undermine our own health.Prime Timewill help you • Reframe priorities to put yourself and your own health needs first • Interpret the latest medical findings on the Big Four killers and how they affect black women in middle age • Profile your current health with worksheets, quizzes, and assessment tools • Renew sex at midlife by eliminating restricting myths and taboos and finding new paths to pleasure • Reduce anger and “attitude” that block you from attaining good health • Identify the nontraditional signs of depression and anxiety common to African American women Comprehensive, straight-talking, and grounded in science and spiritual truth,Prime Timeis at once a guide to total health in middle age and a celebration of the strength, wisdom, and beauty of African American women in their second half of life.

Author : Marita Golden
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781642506846

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The Strong Black Woman by Marita Golden Pdf

Major Health Crisis Among Black Women Generated from Systemic Racism “Marita Golden’s The Strong Black Woman busts the myth that Black women are fierce and resilient by letting the reader in under the mask that proclaims ‘Black don’t crack.’” ―Karen Arrington, coach, mentor, philanthropist, and author of NAACP Image Award-winning Your Next Level Life Sarton Women’s Book Award #1 New Release in Reference Meet Black women who have learned through hard lessons the importance of self-care and how to break through the cultural and family resistance to seeking therapy and professional mental health care. The Strong Black Woman Syndrome. For generations, in response to systemic racism, Black women and African American culture created the persona of the Strong Black Woman, a woman who, motivated by service and sacrifice, handles, manages, and overcomes any problem, any obstacle. The syndrome calls on Black women to be the problem-solvers and chief caretakers for everyone in their lives―never buckling, never feeling vulnerable, and never bothering with their pain. Hidden mental health crisis of anxiety and depression. To be a Black woman in America is to know you cannot protect your children or guarantee their safety, your value is consistently questioned, and even being “twice as good” is often not good enough. Consequently, Black women disproportionately experience anxiety and depression. Studies now conclusively connect racism and mental health―and physical health. Take care of your emotional health. You deserve to be emotionally healthy for yourself and those you love. More and more young Black women are re-examining the Strong Black Woman syndrome and engaging in self-care practices that change their lives. Hear stories of Black women who: Asked for help Built lives that offer healing Learned to accept healing If you have read The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, The Racial Healing Handbook, or Black Fatigue, The Strong Black Woman is your next read.

Author : Melody T. McCloud, MD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781683648765

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Black Women's Wellness by Melody T. McCloud, MD Pdf

Written by one of today's most highly regarded women's health experts, Black Women's Wellness is filled with head-to-toe professional medical advice, sociology, sexology, self-care, and psychology. This groundbreaking book serves as an indispensable and empowering guide to help Black women lead healthier, happier lives.

Author : Michele Tracy Berger
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : MEDICAL
ISBN : 9781479828524

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Black Women's Health by Michele Tracy Berger Pdf

"This book explores the meaning and practice of health in the lives of southern African American women and their adolescent daughters"--

Author : Julia Chinyere Oparah,Alicia D. Bonaparte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317277200

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Birthing Justice by Julia Chinyere Oparah,Alicia D. Bonaparte Pdf

There is a global crisis in maternal health care for black women. In the United States, black women are over three times more likely to perish from pregnancy-related complications than white women; their babies are half as likely to survive the first year. Many black women experience policing, coercion, and disempowerment during pregnancy and childbirth and are disconnected from alternative birthing traditions. This book places black women's voices at the center of the debate on what should be done to fix the broken maternity system and foregrounds black women's agency in the emerging birth justice movement. Mixing scholarly, activist, and personal perspectives, the book shows readers how they too can change lives, one birth at a time.

Author : Chloe Pierre
Publisher : Headline
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781472286017

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Take Care by Chloe Pierre Pdf

Join the wellness revolution by Black women, for Black women. Take Care prioritises Black women and their experiences and encourages them to take care of themselves in order to bring their best self into the world. A space for Black women to cultivate their joy is truly a necessity at a time when Black lives are at the forefront of discussions online and in the media, and Take Care is the book to ensure that. Chloe Pierre, founder of thy.self, the brand making self-care inclusive, wants to inspire Black women to take time to care for themselves. In this book she consults experts to create an inspiring and practical guide that offers ways to help you: - Be your authentic self - Embrace your beauty and feel body positive - Deal with grief, loss and mental health issues - Create a supportive and uplifting community - Practice self-love every day Take Care is a book of warmth, happiness and light, and will help you to refocus and put yourself first.