Am J Epidemiol. 2023 Nov 3;192(11):1806-1810. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwac022.
The American Journal of Epidemiology has been a platform for findings from the Black Women's Health Study (BWHS) that are relevant to health disparities. Topics addressed have included methods of follow-up of a large cohort of Black women, disparities in health-care delivery, modifiable risk factors for health conditions that disproportionately affect Black women, associations with exposures that are highly prevalent in Black women, and methods for genetic research. BWHS papers have also highlighted the importance of considering social context, including perceived experiences of racism, in understanding health disparities. In the future, BWHS investigators will contribute to documentation of the role that structural racism plays in health disparities.
《美国流行病学杂志》一直是《黑人妇女健康研究》(BWHS)相关健康差异研究结果的平台。已涉及的主题包括对一大群黑人妇女进行大队列随访的方法、医疗保健提供方面的差异、对黑人妇女影响不成比例的健康状况的可改变风险因素、与黑人妇女中高度普遍存在的暴露因素的关联,以及遗传研究方法。BWHS 的论文还强调了考虑社会背景,包括对种族主义的感知体验,对于理解健康差异的重要性。未来,BWHS 的研究人员将有助于记录结构性种族主义在健康差异中所起的作用。