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Ain't I a Woman?: Structural Influences on Black Women's Health

Bijou, Christina Michelle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721330219878975

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2024, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Sociology.
Due to the combined effects of racism and sexism, Black women in the U.S. have a unique health experience. Previous research has established a link between state-level inequalities and gender- and race-based health disparities. However, the current literature on state-level inequalities and health disparities is limited because these studies: a) examine health differences based on either race or gender, rather than both race and gender; b) investigate health outcomes cross-sectionally, rather than longitudinally and; c) focus on health outcomes during young adulthood and/or focus primarily on infant health as opposed to Black women’s health and wellbeing. The current research project, Structural Influences on Black Women’s Health, examines how state-level inequalities based on both race and gender influence Black women’s midlife health outcomes and maternal morbidity. I expand upon previous research by: 1) assessing how state-level structural inequalities shape health outcomes health outcomes based on both race and gender, rather than focusing on either race or gender; 2) examining how structural inequalities pattern health outcomes longitudinally over time; 3) investigating how state-level inequities influence Black women’s health outcomes at midlife and; 4) utilizing misogynoir—a theoretical framework which centers the unique health experience of Black women—to explore state-by-state variation in Black maternal morbidity rates.
Cynthia G. Colen (Committee Chair)
Reanne Frank (Committee Member)
Rin Reczek (Committee Member)
217 p.
Demography; Health; Sociology
structural inequality, racism, sexism, misogynoir, health outcomes, Black women, Black men, White women, midlife health, maternal morbidity, state-level analysis

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  • Bijou, C. M. (2024). Ain't I a Woman?: Structural Influences on Black Women's Health [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721330219878975

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bijou, Christina. Ain't I a Woman?: Structural Influences on Black Women's Health. 2024. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721330219878975.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bijou, Christina. "Ain't I a Woman?: Structural Influences on Black Women's Health." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721330219878975

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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