https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i en-us 2021-05-17 12:00:34 UTC 2021-05-17 14:43:30 UTC hello@padlet.com gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1530969911 Medical disparities among African American women can be traced back to the "17th century" (Rothman, 2017) ]]> 2021-05-17 12:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1530969911 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531022842 Henrietta Lacks was an African American women who in the 1950's had and died of cervical cancer. Doctors "kept a sample of her tissue without Lacks or her family's consent" (Rothman,2017). ]]> 2021-05-17 12:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531022842 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531094799 The most infamous medical practice on enslaved black women was from a gynecologist named J. Marion Sims. Sims would "experiment on enslaved black women in order to benefit white women" (Rothman, 2017).]]> 2021-05-17 13:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531094799 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531189508 Sterilization racism "attempt to control reproductive capacities of women of color" (Golash-Boza, 2018). When J. Marion Sims experimented on black enslaved women, several black women were left sterilized or even died. ]]> 2021-05-17 13:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531189508 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531211148 Life-course perspectives "how health outcomes change over the life course" (Golash-Boza, 2018). Studies between 2000-2007 showed that "black women had higher breast cancer death rates than white women" (AHRQ,2012). ]]> 2021-05-17 13:37:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531211148 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531285055 It is hard for a black women to get access to birth control but some have "concerns or conspiracies with regard of different types of ways to keep black women from reproducing" (Bavis, 2019). ]]> 2021-05-17 13:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531285055 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531321708 Maternal mortality is high for black women "3-4 times likely to die from pregnancy-related complications" (Beim, 2020). ]]> 2021-05-17 14:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531321708 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531355943 Pregnant black women live a "more stressful live, which increases stress hormones that can have adverse effect on labor" (Seervai, 2019). ]]> 2021-05-17 14:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531355943 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531392667 The healthcare system treats black mothers differently "just the way that the staff, in terms of how they interact with me, the questions they asked about breastfeeding; didn't ask about if I wanted formula" (Seervai, 2019).]]> 2021-05-17 14:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531392667 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531428932 Racism still exits within the healthcare system but focusing on the American Board of Obstetrics and and Gynecology "medical school education should take lead to address disparities in maternal health" (Beim, 2020)]]> 2021-05-17 14:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531428932 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531470234 Data on black mothers is not up to date and it is hard to access, this is why the healthcare system has little education on how to treat black mothers and their babies. ]]> 2021-05-17 14:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531470234 gut863808 https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531503888 There are numerous of organizations that are helping black women dealing with health disparities and helping to stop health disparities. Some of them are called "Black Women's Health Imperative, Black Mama Matter Alliance, Sister Song, and Fertility for Colored Girls" (Beim, 2020)]]> 2021-05-17 14:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/gut863808/xpobwpwcop13vm3i/wish/1531503888