Black women and COVID-19: The need for targeted mental health research and practice

Walton, Quenette L.; Campbell, Rosalyn Denise; Blakey, Joan M.

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“…Strategies are needed to effectively address the challenges faced by Black women in higher education who are also grappling with a global COVID-19 pandemic and racial and social unrest [ 13 , 14 ]. Below are individual and institutional-level strategies for Black women to navigate academia during COVID-19 and unrest.…”

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“…Institutions that authentically commit to diversity, equity, and inclusion can foster candid conversations about privilege, power, and oppression [ 14 ]. There must be recruitment and retention of faculty and staff with diverse experiences and perspectives.…”

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“…There have been calls from professional organizations and scholarly societies to adjust expectations for faculty scholarship during this period [ 15 , 16 ]. Recommendations include pausing nonessential scholarships, limiting meetings, waiving nonessential service, delaying the tenure clock, and shifting institutional norms [ 14 ]. Institutions can promote flexibility by changing teaching policies to benefit faculty.…”

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“…Furthermore, COVID-19 has also exacerbated inequities among faculty of color, especially Black women faculty, as a microcosm of the larger social context [ 13 ]. Black women, particularly, are encountering physical, mental, and financial challenges during this unprecedented time [ 14 , 15 ]. As COVID-19 takes disproportionate health and financial tolls on racial and ethnic minority groups in the U.S., pre-existing inequities among faculty members are amplified.…”

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Black Women Faculty and Administrators Navigating COVID-19, Social Unrest, and Academia: Challenges and Strategies

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Evans

2022

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Black women faculty and administrators in the United States are tackling a force of socioeconomic and racial disparities, emotional tolls and invisible burdens within academia, political turmoil, social unrest, and public health crises. COVID-19 has added an additional layer related to work responsibilities, the overall well-being of Black women faculty and administrators and the diverse students they encounter, and management of work and home responsibilities. This paper discusses perspectives and evidence-based strategies regarding Black women faculty and administrators who navigate academia and teach during times of COVID-19 and social unrest. We also outline strategies for university leaders to mitigate cultural and racial gaps in the classroom or workplace and foster diversity and inclusion in academia.

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2022

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“…highlights the failures of America's culture of individualism, particularly in opposition to hierarchical collectivist societies. In this call to action,Walton, Campbell and Blakey (2021) consider how and why the social work profession -both within and beyond the academy -needs to care about Black women's mental health, particularly in light of the devastating Covid-19 pandemic Trinidad (2021),. a Filipina-American professor, grapples with both "call-in" and "call-out" culture in her quest to engage in a praxis of radical love and community care.…”

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Starks

2021

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The World Health Organization (WHO) starts its timeline of events associated with the Covid-19 global pandemic with an entry on 31 December 2019. It references a statement issued by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission (located in the Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China) which merely observed an uptick in "viral pneumonia." Less than two weeks later, on 11 January 2020, the Chinese media reported "the first death from the novel coronavirus." On 23 January 2020, Chinese officials imposed a lockdown in Wuhan and surrounding areas in a desperate attempt to control the growing epidemic. While global attention was fixated on the tsunami of illness and death in Wuhan, WHO's timeline notes the ominous trickle of first new infections elsewhere. A case in Japan on 16 January; in the United States on 21 January; in France on 24 January; and in the United Arab Emirates on 29 January. The world began watching warily as the rhythm of initial cases and first deaths swelled into clusters, inundating health systems which buckled under the weight despite heroic efforts of their personnel.

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Mammography screening beliefs and barriers through the lens of Black women during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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BackgroundMammography is an effective screening tool that leads to decreased breast cancer mortality, yet minority women continue to experience barriers. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has been proven to have negatively affected minority communities, yet its effect on mammography screening habits in Black women is uncertain. The purpose of this study was to evaluate breast cancer mammography screening habits and barriers for Black women in two northeast communities amid the COVID‐19 pandemic.MethodsThe study participants were Black women aged 40 years or older who were recruited from community outreach initiatives. Study coordinators conducted telephone surveys to determine mammography screening behaviors, perceptions, and psychosocial factors.ResultsTwo hundred seventy‐seven surveys were completed. Two hundred fifty‐six patients who reported ever having a mammogram became the study population of interest. One hundred seventy‐four of these patients (68%) reported having a mammogram within the past year (nondelayed), and 82 (32%) had a mammogram more than a year ago (delayed). Only thirty‐one of the delayed participants (37.8%) had private insurance. There was a significant difference in the mean score for mammography screening perceived barriers for nondelayed participants (mean = 9.9, standard deviation [SD] = 3.6) versus delayed participants (mean = 11.2, SD = 4.3, p = .03). There was also a significant difference in the mean score when they were asked, “How likely is it that ‘other health problems would keep you from having a mammogram’?” (p = .002).ConclusionsBarriers to mammography screening for Black women during the COVID‐19 era include insurance, competing health issues, and perceptions of screening. Community outreach efforts should concentrate on building trust and collaborating with organizations to improve screening despite the COVID‐19 pandemic.

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Black women and COVID-19: The need for targeted mental health research and practice

Cited by 37 publications

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Black Women Faculty and Administrators Navigating COVID-19, Social Unrest, and Academia: Challenges and Strategies

Black Women Faculty and Administrators Navigating COVID-19, Social Unrest, and Academia: Challenges and Strategies

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Mammography screening beliefs and barriers through the lens of Black women during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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