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- Title
Hidden Problem: Infertility Among Black Women.
- Authors
Gould, Brenda; Gould, Desiree S.
- Abstract
Today, some well-known black women's narratives and unique experiences with infertility have revealed a hidden problem and are being shared and put in the spotlight. In her book, Becoming, Michelle Obama shares her experiences with a miscarriage and the use of in-vitro fertilization. Recently, Serena Williams and Beyoncé shared their experiences with reproduction health challenges. Black women's experiences with infertility in the United States is often different than white women. The black women's rate of infertility is near twice the rate of infertility among white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In addition, black women are at a higher risk for other reproductive health issues such as fertility (natural capacity to reproduce), pregnancy, and birth complications. Infertility is not simply a biological cause; various factors such as social and cultural aspects, socioeconomic status, and medical reasons are reinforcing this disparity. The focus of this study is on the belief that these factors and/or a combination of these factors and how they work together to create this disparity are why more black women have greater occurrences of infertility than white women.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MISCARRIAGE; REPRODUCTIVE health; INFERTILITY; HUMAN artificial insemination; PSYCHOLOGY of women; EMOTIONS; BLACK people; HUMAN reproductive technology; FERTILIZATION in vitro; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; DESPAIR; SHAME; HEALTH equity
- Publication
JOCEPS: The Journal of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, 2021, pi
- ISSN
1060-4162
- Publication type
Article