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Black/African American Health Resources

A guide to library and community resources for Black and African American students and health care providers who work with Black and African American patients.

References

Anderson, L. M., Scrimshaw, S. C., Fullilove, M. T., Fielding, J. E., & Normand, J. (2003). Culturally competent healthcare systems. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 24(3), 68–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00657-8

Center for Black Diaspora - DePaul University. (n.d.). Defining Diaspora. Retrieved July 3, 2024, from https://las.depaul.edu/centers-and-institutes/center-for-black-diaspora/about/Pages/defining-diaspora.aspx

Cooper, L. A., Roter, D. L., Johnson, R. L., Ford, D. E., Steinwachs, D. M., & Powe, N. R. (2003). Patient-centered communication, ratings of care, and concordance of patient and physician race. Annals of Internal Medicine, 139(11), 907–915. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-139-11-200312020-00009

Handtke, O., Schilgen, B., & Mösko, M. (2019). Culturally competent healthcare – A scoping review of strategies implemented in healthcare organizations and a model of culturally competent healthcare provision. PLOS ONE, 14(7), e0219971. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219971

Harvey, V. M., Ozoemena, U., Paul, J., Beydoun, H. A., Clemetson, N. N., & Okoye, G. A. (2016). Patient-provider communication, concordance, and ratings of care in dermatology: Results of a cross-sectional study. Dermatology Online Journal, 22(11). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28329560/

Isaacs, S., Valaitis, R., Newbold, K. B., Black, M., & Sargeant, J. (2013). Competence trust among providers as fundamental to a culturally competent primary healthcare system for immigrant families. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 14(01), 80–89. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423612000254

LaVeist, T. A., & Carroll, T. (2002). Race of physician and satisfaction with care among African-American patients. Journal of the National Medical Association, 94(11), 937–943. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2594189/

Levine, S. L., Cherrier, S., Holding, A. C., & Koestner, R. (2022). For the love of reading: Recreational reading reduces psychological distress in college students and autonomous motivation is the key. Journal of American College Health: J of ACH, 70(1), 158–164. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1728280

Meghani, S. H., Brooks, J. M., Gipson-Jones, T., Waite, R., Whitfield-Harris, L., & Deatrick, J. A. (2009). Patient–provider race-concordance: Does it matter in improving minority patients’ health outcomes? Ethnicity & Health, 14(1), 107–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557850802227031

Miller, A. N., Duvuuri, V. N. S., Vishanagra, K., Damarla, A., Hsiao, D., Todd, A., & Toledo, R. (2024). The Relationship of Race/Ethnicity Concordance to Physician-Patient Communication: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review. Health Communication.. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2023.2223402

Nazione, S., Perrault, E. K., & Keating, D. M. (2019). Finding Common Ground: Can Provider-Patient Race Concordance and Self-disclosure Bolster Patient Trust, Perceptions, and Intentions? Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 6(5), 962–972. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-019-00597-6

Rockich-Winston, N., Taylor, T. R., Richards, J. A., White, D., & Wyatt, T. R. (2022). “All Patients Are Not Treated as Equal”: Extending Medicine’s Social Contract to Black/African American Communities. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 34(3), 238–245. https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2021.1902816

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (n.d.). Social determinants of health. Healthy People 2030. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health

Waselewski, M., Amaro, X., Huerto, R., Berger, J., Spinelli da Silva, M., Siroky, K., Torres, A., & Chang, T. (2024). Youth preferences for healthcare providers and healthcare interactions: A qualitative study. BMC Primary Care, 25(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02300-z

Watson, E. M. (2015). The importance of leisure reading to health sciences students: Results of a survey. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 33(1), 33–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12129