WELCOME TO LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE! In this episode we learn more about host Joi James and the impetus behind the audio series. The episode also begins to take a look at some of the impact of institutional racism and the medical industrial complex on health disparities that persist for Black womxn and femmes as well as historical / new frameworks aimed at combatting them.
Episode sources:
Woods-Giscombe, C., Robinson, M. N., Carthon, D., Devane-Johnson, S., & Corbie-Smith, G. (2016). Superwoman Schema, Stigma, Spirituality, and Culturally Sensitive Providers: Factors Influencing African American Women’s Use of Mental Health Services. National Library of Medicine. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7544187/
Kryst, C., & Simpkins, A. (2023). By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness. Forefront Books.
Page, Cara, and Erica Woodland. Healing Justice Lineages. North Atlantic Books, 7 Feb. 2023.
Black Mental Wellness Corp. 2024 Conference: blackmentalwellness.com/2024conferencedisruptingspaces
Defining healing justice: https://transformharm.org/healing-justice/?_sft_hj_category=hj-articles