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What's In The Box

 

Citation Information:

Black American adults are 20% more likely to experience serious mental health problems, such as major depressive disorder or generalized anxiety disorder - Vance, Thomas. “Addressing Mental Health in the Black Community” Columbia Psychiatry, 8 February 2019

 

Black women are 52% more likely to die from cervical cancer - Winters, Mary-Frances. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit (pp. 71). Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc, 2020

 

Cardiovascular diseases kill nearly 50,000 Black American Women annually - “Heart Disease in African American Women” American Heart Association

 

Black American Women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer - Winters, Mary-Frances. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit (pp. 71). Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc, 2020

 

Black women are 60% more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure - Winters, Mary-Frances. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit (pp. 71). Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc, 2020

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