Why don't they come to Pike street and ask us
Black American women's health concerns
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4589498 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tovia G Freedman (University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 941-947 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0277-9536(98)00167-1 |
| PMID | 9722113 |
| OpenAlex | W2022536248 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 13 |
It is well known that black American women are poorly represented in medically oriented research and that this has far reaching implications for their personal health, the health of their families and the overall health of the larger society. The research reported was premised on the assumption that learning more about black American women's beliefs and values regarding health and illness could inform public policy initiatives in the area of cancer prevention and control so that a more equitable basis for participation could be achieved in future medical and scientific research. Qualitative methods of research were used in this investigation. A semi-structured interview guide was used in 36 h. of in-depth and face-to-face interviews with 13 black American women recruited to the study using a snowball technique. The women interviewed were middle-class, professional and semi-professional women. The results of the study indicate that there is a poor understanding by the dominant white medical community concerning the beliefs and values of black patients and that this compromises their health and illness care. The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment is often used as the rationale for the low recruitment of black women into clinical trials both therapeutic and non-therapeutic. The women interviewed do not agree with this claim. These women suggest that if they were asked to participate in trials and the trial was relevant to their primary medical concerns they would consider joining. The research results indicate the importance of using specific research methodologies and a number of recommendations are presented
Family medicine · Health care · Political science · Public health · Qualitative research · Snowball sampling · Social science · Sociology · BRCA gene mutations in cancer · Ethics in Clinical Research · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sex and Gender in Healthcare
Distrust, Race, and Research
The Group-Based Medical Mistrust Scale
Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men
Crossing the Secular Divide
“Nobody Ever Asked Me Before”
Mobility Patterns of Migrant Farmworkers in North Carolina
Health Concerns of the Black Community for the New Millennium
Examining the Burdens of Gendered Racism
Willingness of Latinx and African Americans to Participate in Nontherapeutic Trials
Informed Consent and the History of Inclusion of Women in Clinical Research
Normative Health Research Experiences Among African American Elders
Local adaptation during implementation
Talking Back
Effectiveness of Media Strategies to Increase Enrollment and Diversity in the Women's Health Registry
Challenging Assumptions About Minority Participation in US Clinical Research
You Don't Go Tell White People Nothing
Tensions Within Incentives, Altruism, and Trust in Clinical Trial Participation
How Underserved Breast Cancer Patients Use and Benefit From eHealth Programs
African Americans' views on research and the Tuskegee Syphilis study
Race, Toxic Exposures, and Environmental Health
Beliefs and Preferences for Medical Research Among African-Americans
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,81 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |