Health Awareness
Black women in the U.S. are more likely to develop this condition that affects blood sugar levels.
What is Type 2 Diabetes?
This mental health condition involves persistent sadness and loss of interest in activities.
What is Depression?
This monthly biological process prepares the body for pregnancy.
What is menstruation
This nurse and educator founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses in 1908.
Who is Martha Minerva Franklin?
This activist and physician focuses on maternal health and racial disparities in childbirth.
Who is Joia Crear-Perry?
Black women are more likely to develop this condition that causes high blood pressure.
What is Hypertension?
This mental health condition involves intense worry, fear, or panic.
What is Anxiety Disorder?
This test screens for abnormal cervical cells.
What is a pap smear?
This physician became the first African American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States in 1864.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
This tennis champion has spoken widely about Black maternal mortality after nearly dying during childbirth.
Who is Serena Williams?
This heart-related disease is the leading cause of death among women in the U.S.
What is heart disease?
This factor can strongly affect mental health in Black women due to social pressures and discrimination.
What is chronic stress?
This cancer affects breast tissue and can occur at younger ages in Black women.
What is Breast Cancer?
This famous nurse helped treat tuberculosis patients and later trained Black nurses.
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?
This organization focuses on improving health outcomes for Black women.
What is Black Women's Health Imperative?
Black women are more likely to develop this reproductive condition that causes painful periods and fertility challenges.
What is Uterine Fibroids?
This healthy habit helps improve mood and reduce stress.
What is exercise?
This hormone regulates many aspects of the menstrual cycle.
What is estrogen?
This pioneering surgeon was one of the first Black women admitted to the American College of Surgeons.
Who is Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown?
This movement focuses on improving pregnancy and birth outcomes for Black mothers.
What is the Black maternal health movement?
Black women are about three times more likely to die from complications related to this health event compared to white women.
What is pregnancy or childbirth?
Seeking help from this type of professional can support mental health.
What is a therapist or counselor?
Black women have a higher risk of developing this aggressive form of breast cancer.
What is triple-negative breast cancer?
This woman became the first Black female neurosurgeon in the United States.
Who is Alexa Canady?
This Black woman physician wrote one of the first medical books focused on the health of women and children after the Civil War.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?