Gendered racism and the sexual and reproductive health of Black and Latina Women

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 367-392

  Rosenthal, Lisa ^a   Lobel, Marci ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; black; discrimination; disparities; gendered racism; hispanic; intersectionality; Latina; mistrust; pregnancy; reproductive health; sexism; sexual health; stereotypes; women

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; PREGNANCY; RACISM; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EQUITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW YORK; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RACISM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXISM; SEXUAL HEALTH; STEREOTYPY; STRESS; CAUCASIAN; CONTRACEPTION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEREOTYPING;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTRACEPTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PREGNANCY; RACISM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 85042125121     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2018.1439896     Document Type: Article

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