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Black Women's Psychosocial Experiences with Seeking Surgical Treatment for Uterine Fibroids: Implications for Clinical Practice.
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- The Annual Economic Burden of Uterine Fibroids in the United States (2010 Versus 2022): A Comparative Cost-Analysis.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2024Pooled it
- Racial disparities in uterine fibroids and endometriosis: a systematic review and application of social, structural, and political context.Fertility and sterility · 2023Pooled it
- Pharmacological treatment for uterine fibroids.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Community Model for Education and Engagement of Black Women About Uterine Fibroids.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Treatment Utilization after Uterine Fibroid Diagnosis by Race and Ethnicity.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2026Article
- Beyond Mistrust: A Semi-Systematic Review of Black Women's Health Care Decision-Making.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
- Allostatic load and uterine fibroids: role in pathogenesis and racial disparities.Uterine research · 2026Review
- Racial Disparities in Medical Management of Uterine Fibroids Prior to Myomectomy or Hysterectomy.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Can a Diet, Nutrition and Supplement Program Prevent Uterine Fibroid Recurrence? Pilot Results of the LIFE Program.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025Article
- The Uterus Keeps the Score: Black Women Academics' Insights and Coping with Uterine Fibroids.Journal of health and social behavior · 2025Article
- Associations Between Earlier Menarche and Fibroid Severity in Individuals Seeking Hysterectomy.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Observational
- Psychosocial Stress and MicroRNA Expression Profiles in Myometrial Tissue of Women Undergoing Surgical Treatment for Uterine Fibroids.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2024Article
- "In our community, we normalize pain": discussions around menstruation and uterine fibroids with Black women and Latinas.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Study protocol for the implementation of Centering Patients with Fibroids, a novel group education and empowerment program for patients with symptomatic uterine fibroids.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Racial disparity in uterine leiomyoma: new insights of genetic and environmental burden in myometrial cells.Molecular human reproduction · 2024Review
- Uterine fibroids and longitudinal profiles of the vaginal microbiota in a cohort presenting for transvaginal ultrasound.PloS one · 2024Article
- Variation in hysterectomy prevalence and trends among U.S. States and Territories-Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2012-2020.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2023Article
- Historical Primer on Obstetrics and Gynecology Health Inequities in America: A Narrative Review of Four Events.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2023Review
- Patient-provider communication quality as a predictor of medical mistrust among young Black women.Social work in public health · 2023Article
- Uterine Weight as a Modifier of Black/White Racial Disparities in Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy Among Veterans with Fibroids in the Veterans Health Administration.Health equity · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionBlack women are more likely to undergo surgery for uterine fibroids compared with non-Black women. However, few studies have characterized the psychosocial experiences of Black women seeking fibroid treatment. We aimed to identify factors that shape Black women's fibroid management decisions; explore how discrimination based on race, class, and gender feature in treatment-seeking experiences, and compare experiences across age and socioeconomic status.
methodsWe conducted semistructured interviews with 37 Black women undergoing surgery for fibroid management. We used a thematic analysis to code transcripts and identify themes.
resultsParticipants were predominately single, college educated, and insured. Respondents reported that patient-doctor interactions, support from social networks, fertility consequences, and fear of fibroid malignancy influenced their fibroid management decisions. Knowledge and perceptions of fibroids were also influenced by community norms and differed by socioeconomic status; women of higher socioeconomic status had greater fibroid awareness than women of lower socioeconomic status. Discrimination was discussed in the context of historical inequity against Black women, with one participant questioning whether Black women were valued less in clinical settings compared with non-Black women. Although several women discussed positive experiences seeking fibroids care, others expressed medical mistrust or said that alternative management options were not offered by clinicians.
conclusionsFibroid management decisions were influenced not only by interactions with clinicians and social networks, and concerns about fertility and fibroid malignancy, but also by broader social and historical conditions. These findings suggest that clinicians should deliver intersectional gynecologic care that centers the voices of Black women seeking fibroid treatment.
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