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Project Aims To Improve HIV/AIDS Prevention Materials For African-American Women

By Guest PostFebruary 25, 2012Healthafrican-american women, aids, aids prevention, cultural competency, fay cobb payton, hiv, hiv infection, james kiwanuka tondo, kathy gore, latina women, lynette kvasny, pi, primary investigator, united states, white women

African-American women make up a disproportionate number of HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. Researchers from North Carolina State University are trying to change that, leading a National Science Foundation project aimed at developing HIV/AIDS prevention materials that resonate with African-American female college students.

African-Americans represent approximately 14 percent of the U.S. population, but accounted for an estimated 44 percent of new HIV infections in 2009. The estimated rate of new HIV infections among African-American women was 15 times that of white women and over three times that of Latina women. (more…)

Aspiring Journalist Also Sets Her Sights on Winning A National Pageant

By Guest PostJune 24, 2011Cultureafrican-american women, alpha phi alpha fraternity, atlanta, CNN, connecticut, dwight hall, ebony magazine, georgia, gold pageant, journalism, liane membis, miss black, miss black america pageant, miss congeniality, miss gold, new york, nigeria, ruth whitney scholarship, women in communications foundation, world cup soccer, yale daily news, zeta chapter

In the spring of last year, Yale junior Liane Membis acted on a whim and found it opened up opportunities she never before considered.

That was when she made a spontaneous decision to take part in the Miss Black and Gold pageant sponsored by the Yale-based Zeta chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. She was completely surprised when she won the runner-up distinction of Miss Gold — as well as the title of Miss Congeniality — in the contest, which celebrates the achievements of African-American women. (more…)

‘Thin May Not be in for African-American Women’

By Guest PostJuly 3, 2010Culture, Healthafrican-american women, american psychological association graduate student awa, bmi, body mass index, body shape, college of education, curvy body, department of educational, mu, rashanta bledman, school and counseling psychology, university of missouri, women

COLUMBIA, Mo. —Many women today are dissatisfied with their weight, body shape and size, and often strive to be unrealistically thin.

A University of Missouri graduate student has found that black women actually differ from white women in their perceptions of the ideal body shape and size.

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Project Aims To Improve HIV/AIDS Prevention Materials For African-American Women

Aspiring Journalist Also Sets Her Sights on Winning A National Pageant

‘Thin May Not be in for African-American Women’