Racism and Disparities in Women's Use of the Depo-Provera Injection in the Contemporary USA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2369946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas W Volscho (CUNY College of Staten Island, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 673-688 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0896920510380948 |
| OpenAlex | W2035242356 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 52 |
In the 1960s and 1970s widespread reports of sterilization abuse directed at women of color in the USA emerged. While such cases involved coercive or deceptive surgical sterilizations, new contraceptive technologies that temporarily sterilize women (Norplant and Depo-Provera) were approved for use in the US market by the state in the 1990s. In this study, I offer the concept of sterilization racism to explain the pattern and prevalence of 'racial'/ethnic disparities in Depo-Provera use among non-sterile US women age 18 to 44. The data used for the statistical analyses come from the 2002 and 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. After adjustment for potential confounders, I find that African American and American Indian women are more likely to use Depo-Provera than European American women. I also include a discussion of the complexities of studying racism with data on 'racial'/ethnic disparities that were not designed for this purpose
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System · Business · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Gynecology · Population · Racism · Sociology · Demography · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Gender Studies · Medicine · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Reproductive Health and Technologies
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The Power of Constructivist Grounded Theory for Critical Inquiry
The Health of Societies and Bodies
Racial and ethnic relations.
Reproductive rights and wrongs
Racial and ethnic relations
The Logic of Social Research
Fertile Matters
Analyzing Repeated Surveys
Analyzing Complex Survey Data
From Mammy to Miss America and Beyond
The Myth of the Model Minority
Sterilization Racism and Pan-Ethnic Disparities of the Past Decade
Welfare Racism
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Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement
Racist America
Race in North America
Black Feminist Thought
White Supremacy and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era
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Population Control Politics
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Defending the white race
Welfare Racism
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Discrimination
| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 0,77 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |