Experiences of Discrimination and DNA Methylation Among Black Nulliparous Women

Harkins SE, Hazi AK, Zhao T, Reho P, Wu H, Samari G, Wapner R, Zhao Y, Barcelona V

Implementing a Covid-19 Testing Intervention in African American Testing Deserts in Chicago: an Academic-Community Partnership to Promote Covid-19 Health Equity

Cartwright Y, Logan LK, Chaisson LH, Suzuki S, Epting SM, Davis E, Moss A, Avery E, Olinger T, Jenkins L, Smith CS, DeLaughter-Young J, Jackson C, Lynch E

Cultural Determinants of Pain Experience and Suicidality in Black Women: Informing Personalized Pain Interventions and Psychiatric Nursing Care

Oliphant V, Martinez G, Harold C, Broyles D, Williams J, Nabity P, McGeary D, Stensland M

Exploring Racial Disparities in Uterine Cancer Survival: A 20-Year, Single-Site Analysis

Menon S, Harrison CV, Mazzola E, Pozzar RA

Whole-population trends in obesity across dimensions of inequality in England, 2019-25: a retrospective, longitudinal cohort study of 54 million adults

Fletcher RA, Conrad N, Rockenschaub P, Logothetis SB, Neuen BL, Chalmers F, Dalakoti M, Raffetti E, Denaxas S, Khunti K, Farooqi IS, Arnott C, Di Angelantonio E, Danesh J, Sofat R, Sattar N, Wood AM

Community Model for Education and Engagement of Black Women About Uterine Fibroids

Reported in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Improving Postpartum Mental Health and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in Women of Color Who Are Pregnant and Experiencing Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Through Group Prenatal Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Reported in Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health

Critical Matriarchal Futures: Reimagining Public Health Communication Leadership as Response to State-Sanctioned Violence

Ponder ML, Patterson N, et al.

Racial and Demographic Trends in Abortion Method Selection in Minnesota Among in-State Patients at or under 11 Weeks Gestational Duration

Reported in Contraception

Protecting Black Life Means Fighting Obesity Where It Starts

Michael Tomlin-Crutchfield, National Urban League

Advancing health equity in proactive health management: from data underrepresentation and algorithmic bias to a closed-loop governance framework

Frontiers in Public Health authors

Health Equity & Access Weekly Roundup: June 12, 2026

Giuliana Grossi, AJMC

Examining Barriers to Cancer Care: A Needs Assessment of African American and Black African Immigrants in Iowa

Gawain J. Williams, Hannah Huang, Megan Schmidt, Kelly Wells Sittig, Natoshia Askelson, Sarah H. Nash

Racialized and Gendered Narratives for Middle-Aged African American Men as a Facilitator and Inhibitor for Self-Care Norms

Orlando Wright, Walker Tisdale III

Religiosity and Spirituality as Stressors or Stress Relievers in relation to Sleep Health among African American Women

Rupsha Singh, Symielle A. Gaston, Jason Ashe, Quaker E. Harmon, Yusuf Ransome, Ganesa Wegienka, Donna D. Baird, Harold G. Koenig, Chandra L. Jackson

Depression Among Black College Women: Mediating Effect of Coping Styles

Wanda Martin Burton, Christina J. Ezemenaka

Clinical reasoning perceptions among differently educated registered nurses: A cross-sectional study

Justin Fontenot PhD, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Anna Valdez PhD, RN, PHN, CEN, CFRN, FAEN, FAADN
Michael Hebert DNP, MDiv, MSN, BA, RN
Patrick McMurray MSN, RN

Health Equity & Access Weekly Roundup: June 5, 2026

Giuliana Grossi, AJMC

Hypertension, Use of Antihypertensive Medications and Breast Cancer Survival Among Black Women

Mollie E. Barnard, Nuo N. Xu, Etienne X. Holder, Dennis Jones, Matthew Nayor, Naomi Y. Ko, Julie R. Palmer

From Assumptions to Outcomes: How Unconscious Bias Shapes Obstetric Care

Francisco Javier Ruiloba Portilla, Adu Appiah-Kubi, Evangelia Deligeoroglou, et al.

Towards Equitable Maternal Health: A Policy Analysis of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act — Implications for Nursing Leadership, Implementation, and Equity

Grace K. Kyei, Esther Nana Kwaning, Hannah Durowaa Odei Opoku, Rockson Ansong, Evans F. Kyei

Documenting Experiences of Black Aluminum Smelting Workers in West Badin, North Carolina: A Community-Engaged Survey Approach

Cherrel Manley, Elizabeth Teka, Pavithra Vasudevan, Elizabeth S. McClure

Association of Cultural Racism with Breast Cancer Survival Among United States Adults, 2018–2020

Anjali Gupta, Oyomoare L. Osazuwa-Peters, Andrea Thoumi, Hugo G. Quezada-Pinedo, Nancy Krieger, Tyson Brown, Tomi Akinyemiju

Colorism, the Black Elephant in the Room: Helping Black Women Mitigate Psychosocial Harm with the B.E.T.T.E.R. S.E.L.F. Framework

Lisa Muhammad

Navigating racialised healthcare: Intersectional experiences shaping cancer screening among Black women in Belgium

Sarah Derveeuw, Femke Van Landschoot, Sara Willems, Katrien Vanthomme, Sorana Toma

Racism-Related Stress May Contribute To High Black Maternal Mortality Rates, Study Finds

Jeroslyn JoVonn

Pregnancy Is a Turning Point. The System Just Hasn’t Treated It That Way

Black Women's Health Imperitive

“The Blurred Boundaries of Care: A Qualitative Analysis of Nurse–Doula Role Conflict”

Maria McClam Kelly Russin Nansi Boghossian Rachel Gulczinski Lauren Workman

The Maternal Health Equity Collaborative: An Innovative Community Model of Care in Central Texas

Kelenne Blake kelenne@blackmamasatx.com, Darline Turner, Jasmine Rousell, Cherelle VanBrakle, Raichal McDonald, Morgan Miles, Ragini Khullar, and Liana Petruzzi

Sources of Strength: Black Women Faculty Navigating Academic Medicine

Kiana Fields, Sherree Wilson, Darin Latimore, Rachelle Alexander, Diana Whitlock, and Veronnie Faye Jones

Black motherhood is an act of resistance.

Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD, MEd, MPPM, FACOG

"I'm going to use the formula God gave me": The Role of the Black Church in Breastfeeding Support for Black Mothers

Kaylee A Palomino , Shemeka Thorpe , Valerie P A Verty , Natalie Malone , Danelle Stevens-Watkins

Black Women Scholars Redefining Self-Care in Academia

Pamela Felder-Small

Why Promoting Health Equity in Canada Requires a Social Movement

Dennis Raphael https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0724-3174

Toba Bryant https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0436-4528

How Race Was Constructed to Undermine Solidarity: The Political Construction of Whiteness and the Incentives of Division

Kyri Murdough

We Were Taught to Be Useful Before We Were Allowed to Be Human

DeLisha Tapscott, Ed.D.

Black Feminist Frameworks Every Leader Should Know

Tracee Worley

Factors That Facilitate and Hinder Historically Black Colleges and Universities Faculty Research Success

Naomi M. Hall, Cherrie B. Boyer, Michelle Gonzales, Barbara Green-Ajufo, and Emily A. Arnold

A Conversation with Keisha Blain

Keisha N. Blain, Jamila Michener & Neil Lewis, Jr.

Toward Methods for Assessing Racial Socialization in Early Childhood in Black American Families

Kate KeenanORCID Icon,Leslie AndersonORCID Icon,Kimberley Mbayiwaa Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago,Sarah Walton,Marquesa Moore,Cherrelle J. Gipson,Marisha Humphries,Jiayan Li,Breanna Yartey &Chinara Wyke

From Bedside to Classroom: An Autoethnography of the Mentoring Experiences of BIPOC Nurse Faculty from Transition to Tenure and Promotion

Kechi C. Iheduru-Anderson https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2353-0410 ihedu1k@cmich.edu, Karen E. Alexander https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1015-3361, Nisha Mathews https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7115-5291, Julia U. Ugorji, Valeria A. Ramdin, Christiana Akanegbu, Katryna McCoy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8675-9891, Danielle McCamey, Florence Okoro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8684-0363, Wilma J. Calvert, and Kashica J. Webber-Ritchey

The Burdens of Underrepresentation and Professional Identity: A Qualitative Study of Black Women in Academic Nursing

Kechi Iheduru-Anderson

Adverse Birth Outcomes and Maternal Morbidity Among Afro‑Latinas and Their Infants: A Systematic Literature Review

Alexa Parra1  · Vanessa Morales2 · Cynthia N. Lebron1 · JoNell Potter2 · Yue Pan2 · Hudson P. Santos Jr1

Yes She Can: Examining the Career Pathways of Black Women in Higher Education Senior Leadership Position

Ransford Pinto ransford.pinto@princeton.edu, Ty-Ron M. O. Douglas, Dena Lane-Bonds, and Rhodesia McMillian

Birthing Black Mothers

Anelise Gregis Estivalet

Listen to the Whispers before They Become Screams: Addressing Black Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in the United States

Anuli Njoku * , Marian Evans , Lillian Nimo-Sefah and Jonell Bailey

Hair Bias in the Workplace: A Critical Human Resource Development Perspective

Juanita Trusty https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7184-0291 jtrusty@calstatela.edu, David Akili Ward, Mijean Good-Perry Ward, and Mengying He

Tackling the Minority Tax: A Roadmap to Redistributing Engagement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives

Erynne A. Faucett, MD, Michael J. Brenner, MD mbren@med.umich.edu, Dana M. Thompson, MD, MS, MBA, and Valerie A. Flanary, MD

Can ‘Baby Bonds’ Eliminate the Racial Wealth Gap in Putative Post-Racial America?

Darrick Hamilton & William Darity Jr.

How We Care Matters: Reproductive Justice and the Black Maternal Health Crisis

Addisa Rigaud

The Online Gendered Racism Scale for Women of Color: Development, validation, and links to mental health outcomes.

Keum, Brian TaeHyuk Lewis, Jioni A.