Black women face long-stemming social obstacles that negatively affect their health, experts say.
An initiative at Mount Sinai seeks to address disparities facing Black and brown communities, such as delays in care, misconceptions in pain tolerance and not being believed by professionals.
As an adult, Wisdom said started experiencing hives while working in a stressful job where she said she dealt with racism and microaggressions. Once she left the jobs, the hives went away. "Black women have shared with me that they sometimes wear college paraphernalia or they talk really proper with their doctor so their doctor will see their humanity and take them seriously," Wisdom continued."Some show they have commercial health insurance because they want to make sure that the doctor doesn't assume that they don't have access to quality care.
With the birth of her second child, Bright said she worked with a different OBGYN and used a doula before and during the delivery, resulting in what she described as a much smoother experience.Eddwina Bright sits with her two daughters shortly after giving birth to her youngest daughter. Adrienne Hibbert, a 36-year-old marketing professional in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, said she felt completely dismissed when she gave birth to her first son 16 years ago, at age 20.
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