Race, Research, and Women's Health: Best Practice Guidelines for Investigators

McLemore, Monica R.; Asiodu, Ifeyinwa V.; Crear-Perry, Joia; Davis, Dana A.; Drew, Michelle; Méndez, Dara D.; Roberts, Lynn; Scott, Karen A.

doi:10.1097/aog.0000000000003393

Cited by 20 publications

(17 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The same may also be true of mothers with varying economic privilege: The mothers in this sample have a wide range of ages and socioeconomic statuses, but on average the sample is older and higher income than the general population of U.S. mothers (Mathews & Hamilton, 2016;Posey, 2016). Community-engaged and participatory method to understand the visions of success within these specific communities is an urgent priority (McLemore et al, 2019;Ortiz et al, 2020).…”

Section: Strengths and Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Painful, yet Beautiful, Moments”: Pathways Through Infant Feeding and Dynamic Conceptions of Breastfeeding Success

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

What is breastfeeding “success”? In this article, we challenge the traditional biomedical definition, instead centering visions of success described by breastfeeding mothers themselves. Using semi-structured interviews, quantitative surveys, and written narratives of 38 first-time mothers in the United States, we describe five common pathways through the first-year postpartum, a taxonomic distinction far more complex than a success–failure dichotomy: sustained breastfeeding, exclusive pumping, combination feeding, rapid weaning, and grinding back to exclusivity. We also explore the myriad ways in which mothers define and experience breastfeeding success, and in the process uncover the ways that cultural narratives—especially intensive mothering—color those experiences. Finally, we discuss how these experiences are shaped by infant feeding pathway. In doing so, we discover nuance that has gone unexplored in the breastfeeding literature. These findings have implications for supporting, promoting, and protecting breastfeeding in the United States and other high-income countries.

show abstract

Section: Strengths and Limitationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Painful, yet Beautiful, Moments”: Pathways Through Infant Feeding and Dynamic Conceptions of Breastfeeding Success

et al. 2021

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The science examining racism and its effects on health is nascent. Rather than merely identifying relationships between race and health outcomes, nurse scientists should be developing and implementing new research methodologies that further our understanding of how racism drives inequitable health outcomes (Mclemore et al, 2019;Trent et al, 2019).…”

Section: Racism Nursing Practice Health Equity Health Disparitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“I can't breathe”: A call for antiracist nursing practice

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Highlights Nurses are positioned to respond to the epidemic of racism in our healthcare system and communities. This call to action highlights ways that nurses can adopt antiracist practices. Actions include recognition of personal biases, confronting systemic inequities, policy and political action, new approaches to research, and using antiracist pedagogy.

show abstract

“…1 More recently, several Black feminist scholars, researchers, and activists have pointed to the historical, social, and political record to challenge that race is a risk factor for birth outcomes. Indeed, they maintain, as several have noted, that it is not race but racism that culminates on Black women's bodies and influences maternal and birth outcomes and medical experiences (Crear-Perry 2018;Harmon, 2018;McLemore et al 2019;Mullings and Wali 2001;Novoa and Taylor, 2018;Wynn 2020).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%