Volume 17.2

Special Issue:  The Health of Women of Color

The following articles were published in Volume 17.2 of the American Journal of Health Studies.  All articles have been indexed in PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader format) for your viewing.  If you experience any difficulties in opening any of the files please notify Don Chaney.  If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you may download it free of charge from the following link:  Adobe Acrobat Reader.

  Introduction;  Patricia Rodney (Special Editor)

  An Open Letter to My Sisters:  Why Don't We Get Help for Depression;  Sandra Maass-Robinson

  African-American Women's Perceptions of the Role of Genetics in Breast Cancer;  Veronica J. Duncan, Roxanne L. Parrott, and Kami J. Silk

  Women's Health Research at Historically Black Colleges & Universities;  Brenda D. Hayes and Leslie Boone

  Promoting Early Breast Cancer Screening:  Strategies with Rural African American Women;  Mary P. Williams, Larry Brown, Carole E. Hill, and Deborah Schwartz

  How Informative on Medical Conditions and their Treatment are Black-Oriented Magazines Compared to White-Oriented Magazines?;  Shakoora Omonuwa and DiAnne Bradford

  The "Sistersong Collective":  Women of Color, Reproductive Health and Human Rights;  Loretta J. Ross, Sarah L. Brownlee, Dazon Dixon Diallo, Luz Rodriquez, and Latina Roundtable

  How African-American Gay Activists in the Rural South Found Community Support;  Darlene Hudson and Rev. William Robinson

  REACH 2010:  A Unique Opportunity to Create Strategies to Eliminate Health Disparities Among Women of Color;  Imani Ma'at, Mona Fouad, Dorcas Grigg-Saito, Sidney L. Liang, Kenyia McLaren, James W. Pichert, Linda Diamond Shapiro, and Adewale Troutman

  Spirituality and Sexuality:  A Program for Women in Recovery;  June Dobbs Butts

  Volume 17.2, CHES Review Activity for Continuing Education Contact Hours