title: A Report of the Women's Health Congress Workshop on The Health of Women of Color: A Critical Intersection at the Corner of Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity.
abstract: Women of color face unique health challenges that differ significantly from those of other women and men of color. To bring these issues to light, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women's Health sponsored a preconference workshop at the 23rd Annual Women's Health Congress, which was held in Washington, DC, in April 2015. The workshop featured presentations by NIH intramural and extramural scientists who provided insight on the disparities of a wide range of conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, the risk of HIV infection, and disability in an aging population. In this study, we highlight the major points of each presentation and the ensuing discussion.
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Plank-Bazinet
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Women's Health, Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, Virginia.
authors.forename: Susan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kornstein
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Janine Austin
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.affiliation: 3 Community Oncology and Prevention Trials Research Group, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Worta
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McCaskill-Stevens
authors.affiliation: 4 Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.affiliation: 5 Office of the Director, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Nakela
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.affiliation: 6 Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Salman M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Tajuddin
authors.affiliation: 7 Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Gina M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: 8 Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: 6 Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Michele K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Begg
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Claudette E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Leah R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Amy Caroline
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Mistretta
authors.affiliation: 1 Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Terri L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Cornelison
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000208:ethnology*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D011203:Poverty; D044469:Racial Groups; D012106:Research; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology*