Gamble Vanessa Northington
Vanessa Northington Gamble is with The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Am J Public Health. 2016 Aug;106(8):1397-404. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303252. Epub 2016 Jun 16.
An examination of the lives and careers of physician-activists Dorothy Boulding Ferebee (1898-1972) and Virginia M. Alexander (1899-1949) demonstrates how Black physicians in the first half of the 20th century used public health to improve the health of Black Americans and provides insights into the experiences of Black women physicians. I discuss their professional and personal backgrounds and analyze their divergent strategies to address health inequities. Ferebee used her leadership in Black women's organizations to develop public health programs and become a national advocate for Black health. Alexander, a Quaker, used her religious connections to urge Whites to combat racism in medicine. She also conducted public health research and connected it to health activism. Both were passionate advocates of health equity long before it gained prominence as a major public health issue. An analysis of their work illuminates past efforts to improve the health of Black Americans.
对医生兼活动家多萝西·鲍尔丁·费勒比（1898 - 1972）和弗吉尼亚·M·亚历山大（1899 - 1949）的生活与职业生涯进行考察，展示了20世纪上半叶的黑人医生如何利用公共卫生来改善美国黑人的健康状况，并为黑人女医生的经历提供了深刻见解。我将探讨她们的专业和个人背景，并分析她们为解决健康不平等问题所采取的不同策略。费勒比利用她在黑人女性组织中的领导地位来制定公共卫生项目，并成为黑人健康的全国倡导者。贵格会教徒亚历山大利用她的宗教关系敦促白人消除医学领域的种族主义。她还开展公共卫生研究，并将其与健康维权行动联系起来。早在健康公平成为一个主要的公共卫生问题并受到广泛关注之前，她们两人就都是健康公平的热情倡导者。对她们工作的分析揭示了过去为改善美国黑人健康所做的努力。
