Thursday, December 30, 2010
Dr. Stewart interviewed in Salon re: fibroids (2008)
WEDNESDAY, FEB 27, 2008 07:00 ET
Female trouble
You won't hear about them on "Lipstick Jungle," but uterine fibroids plague a surprising number of women, especially those waiting to have children until later in life.
Embolisation treatment for fibroids gains publicity in Nigeria
Cure fibroids without losing womb
Written by Sade Oguntola, Nigerian TribuneThursday, 30 December 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Our panel presentation at NWSA: Sunday
Social Trust and African American Women’s Reproductive Health
National Women's Studies Association Meetings, Denver, Sun, Nov 14, 12:15pm - 1:30pm
http://www.nwsa.org/conference/index.php
This paper is an effort to map the decision-making processes of black women in order to better determine what types of information and resources best work in the area of reproductive health/treatment. Reproductive disorders like uterine fibroids and polycystic ovarian disease affect African American and Latina women more than white women, however; the majority of research into these disorders has been conducted using White (American/European) and foreign born African women, while omitting domestically born Black/African American and Latina women. Given the 1993 mandate by the National Institutes of Health that at least 50% of a research sample include relevant (sexual, cultural, racial/ethnic) populations, the emphasis on including African American/Latina women in research focusing on reproductive health has increased. This paper focuses on the decision-making processes used by women of color when making decisions regarding pursuing reproductive surgery (hysterectomy, myomectomy, tubal ligation) and the ways in which body image and cultural histories affect the relationship between doctors and patients.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Leith Mullings: Race and Reproductive Stratification
Distinguished Professor Leith Mullings, speaking @ The Scholar & Feminist Conference on ART, 2/2009 @ Barnard:
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Dr. Stewart on NPR: Black Women & Fibroids
Elizabeth Stewart discusses Black women's high rates of uterine fibroids on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89344394
Thursday, May 27, 2010
New course at Butler University: Gender, Race & Reproduction
Here is the working course description for a new, year-long seminar I'll be teaching at Butler this coming year. -BE
Gender, Race and Reproduction
How do individuals, families and communities share information and make decisions about reproductive health and building families? How does access to reproductive health information and health care shape opportunities for education, meaningful work and long-term well-being? How do medical institutions, corporations and nation-states construct bodies, diagnoses and treatment options to promote the reproductive health of various communities? This seminar will explore social aspects of human reproduction through the lenses of gender, race and global development. Texts from a range of disciplines will aid our examination of various aspects of reproduction including biology, culture, medicine, control of fertility, adoption, and reproductive technologies.
Gender, Race and Reproduction
How do individuals, families and communities share information and make decisions about reproductive health and building families? How does access to reproductive health information and health care shape opportunities for education, meaningful work and long-term well-being? How do medical institutions, corporations and nation-states construct bodies, diagnoses and treatment options to promote the reproductive health of various communities? This seminar will explore social aspects of human reproduction through the lenses of gender, race and global development. Texts from a range of disciplines will aid our examination of various aspects of reproduction including biology, culture, medicine, control of fertility, adoption, and reproductive technologies.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Contradictory findings on Black maternal health
Studies from the Lancet and from the UN come up with contradictory findings re: the direction of maternal health statistics worldwide, while New York City's own statistics indicate that Black women's maternal mortality rate is 8 times that of white women. Amusa writes in Women's eNews, "Data indicate that black Caribbean and African women living in New York City in particular have negative maternity experiences. Mothers from Guyana, Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica and Nigeria are more likely to lose an infant than African American women. The stress of working-class immigrant life contributes to poor maternal health, as do fears of encountering a complicated hospital system, say some health leaders in New York City."
Persistently high maternal mortality among Black women is alarming whether worldwide or in the U.S.'s largest city. In terms of improving research to pinpoint key sources of the problem, the discrepancy between M.M. rates among African American and Black immigrant women supports the methodological approach of disaggregating data on these two groups.
Maternal death rates drop around the world
Persistently high maternal mortality among Black women is alarming whether worldwide or in the U.S.'s largest city. In terms of improving research to pinpoint key sources of the problem, the discrepancy between M.M. rates among African American and Black immigrant women supports the methodological approach of disaggregating data on these two groups.
Maternal death rates drop around the world
By David Brown
"The rate at which women die in childbirth or soon after delivery has fallen by about 40 percent since 1980, with dramatic reductions in the populous nations of India, China, Brazil and Egypt."
Lancet: Sharp drop in maternal deaths worldwide
By MARIA CHENG (AP):
"A separate report by a group headed by the United Nations reached a very different conclusion on maternal mortality, saying the figure remains steady at about 500,000 deaths a year."
By MARIA CHENG (AP):
"A separate report by a group headed by the United Nations reached a very different conclusion on maternal mortality, saying the figure remains steady at about 500,000 deaths a year."
NYC's Rising Black Maternal Mortality Unexplained
By Malena Amusa, WeNews correspondent, Sunday, April 18, 2010
"New York City statistics include the troubling finding that black women here are nearly eight times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white mothers. Efforts to explain the trend appear nonexistent."
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Few young men counseled on sexual health
Can't protect women without giving info to men...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/health/research/20behav.html
A national survey in 2002 found no significant change since a similar study in 1995 in the number of adolescent boys who had received counseling on sexually transmitted diseases and HIV.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/health/research/20behav.html
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Women's Voices Still Needed in Health Care Reform
While we are breathing a big "sigh" of relief that the Health Care Bill is on it's way to passing, it is more important than ever that women turn their attention to the details of the bill. With proposed expansions to children's health and the elimination of heinous pre-existing conditions clauses, the bill does have some high points. However, for those of us concerned with women's reproductive health and the health of women of color and poor women, there are some deeply disturbing provisions. See below:
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/03/23/health-care-bill-womens-health-wins-losses-challenges
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/03/19/reproductive-justice-latinas-struggle-continues-0
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/03/23/health-care-bill-womens-health-wins-losses-challenges
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/03/19/reproductive-justice-latinas-struggle-continues-0
Monday, March 8, 2010
Race & Medicine in history: Use of Henrietta Lacks' cervical cells without her consent
A Lasting Gift to Medicine That Wasn’t Really a Gift
Without her family’s knowledge, doctors used cancer cells from Henrietta Lacks to develop vaccines and life-saving drugs, a case examined in a book that looks at the issue of “tissue rights.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/health/02seco.html
Lessons from the Navajo Nation about respecting the birth process
Lessons at Indian Hospital About Births
NYT, By DENISE GRADYPublished: March 6, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/health/07birth.html
Friday, March 5, 2010
'Precious' Pushes Past Controversy to Oscar Night | Womens eNews
...combined with the heightened attention to Af-Am women's obesity related to 'Precious...' (see prev. post)
'Precious' Pushes Past Controversy to Oscar Night | Womens eNews
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'Precious' Pushes Past Controversy to Oscar Night | Womens eNews
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Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign...
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/03/03/let-s-move-mississippi
What are the implications of this campaign for the construction of African American women's/girls embodiment?
What are the implications of this campaign for the construction of African American women's/girls embodiment?
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
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