Black Women's Health : : Paths to Wellness for Mothers and Daughters / / Michele Tracy Berger.

The struggles African American women and their adolescent daughters face in living healthy, active livesFrom heart disease and diabetes to HIV and obesity, Black women and girls face serious health risks, lagging behind their white counterparts by every measure of health, well-being, and fitness. In...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 2 b/w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Mother and Daughter Narratives about Health, Sexuality, and Young Womanhood
  • 2. Mothers’ Health Narratives
  • 3. “I’m in Between”: Daughters and Health Inheritances
  • 4. “I Want That First Kiss to Be Perfect”: Mothers on Intimacy, Pleasure, and Sexuality
  • 5. “Mom, Can We Talk about Sex?”: Daughters and Sexuality
  • 6. Resolutions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Methodological Notes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author