Nursing's role in racism and African American women's health.
African American women's health has been neglected in the nursing and other health care literature, in spite of evidence that they are among the most vulnerable populations in the United States today. In this article, I highlight the health disparities between African American and European American women, discuss possible reasons for the disparities, and propose that nursing as a profession has been complicit in perpetuating the racism of health care and society. Although the focus is on nursing research and practice, it is likely that other health care disciplines perpetuate racism in similar ways.
Eliason
M J
MJ
College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA. mickey-eliason@uiowa.edu
D001741:Black or African American; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011287:Prejudice; D011822:Race Relations; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology; D016387:Women's Health