title: Introduction: the state of research on black women in health psychology and behavioral medicine.
abstract: In this article we briefly review data on the poor state of Black women's health and then analyze the nature of research on their health in health psychology and behavioral medicine. We demonstrate that health psychology and behavioral medicine not only exclude Black women as participants in empirical studies, but also fail to thoroughly investigate the problems that are most prevalent among and accountable for the poor health of Black women. We conclude that this special issue devoted to Black women's health is crucial and long overdue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino 92407, USA. eklonoff@wiley.csusb.edu
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Klonoff
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Landrine
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D011591:Psychology, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health