Drawing on the expertise of African-American female scientists, academics, health-care practitioners, and writers, a self-help book focuses on the physical and emotional concerns of black women. 75,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. First serial, Essence.

Body & soul: The Black women's guide to physical health and emotional well-being

Politics & Social Sciences

Linda Villarosa

Social Sciences

Harper Publishing

Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation

DOUBLEDAY

A complete parenting & childcare book created specifically for the parents of African-Amer. children through age 5. Combining pediatric expertise, cultural wisdom, insights from leading experts, & anecdotes from parents across the country, this book tackles issues & answers questions not found in other parenting books. Covers a variety of topics, incl. hair & body care, health & nutrition, spirituality & religion, cultural pride & self-esteem, & more. Answers such questions as: How do I find a pediatrician who shares my values? What developmental milestones should I watch for? How do I continue to breast-feed after I go back to work? Should I let my child sleep in our bed? How can I discipline my child without spanking? What should I say about race?

Black Parenting Book: Caring for our Children in the First Five Years

Education & Teaching

Anne C. Beal

Allison Abner

Schools & Teaching

Diane Pub Co.

The first book to tell the full story of race and health in America today, showing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of the nation.\nA Black woman with a college education is as likely to die or nearly die in childbirth as a white woman with an eighth-grade education. Racial disparities in healthcare are impossible to ignore, and yet they have never been fully investigated until now.\nIn Under the Skin, Linda Villarosa reveals the elements in the American healthcare system and society that cause Black people to ‘live sicker and die quicker’ compared to their white counterparts. Today’s medical texts and instruments still carry slavery-era assumptions that Black bodies are fundamentally different from white bodies. Study after study of medical settings show worse treatment and outcomes for Black patients. Black people live in dirtier, more polluted communities due to environmental racism. And, most powerfully, Villarosa describes how coping with the daily scourge of racism ages Black people prematurely, a phenomenon called weathering. Anchored by human stories and offering incontrovertible proof, Under the Skin is dramatic, tragic, and necessary reading.

Under the Skin

Scribe UK

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