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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2025

Critical Reflections From the Black Women First Initiative.

Linda S Sprague Martinez, Judith C Scott, Melanie Rocco, Masill Miranda, Cynthia Tucker, Angela Wangari Walter

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Article in American journal of public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. The Use of Community Engagement in Implementation: Successes and Challenges From the Implementation and Adaptation of Bundled HIV Interventions for Black Women.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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6 authors.

Linda S Sprague MartinezLinda S. Sprague Martinez and Melanie Rocco are with the Health Disparities Institute, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UConn Health, Hartford, CT. Judith C. Scott is with the Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA. Masill Miranda is with AIDS United in Washington, DC. Cynthia Tucker is with the AIDS Foundation Chicago in Chicago, IL. Angela Wangari Walter is with the Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.ORCID 0000-0002-5070-7640
Judith C ScottLinda S. Sprague Martinez and Melanie Rocco are with the Health Disparities Institute, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UConn Health, Hartford, CT. Judith C. Scott is with the Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA. Masill Miranda is with AIDS United in Washington, DC. Cynthia Tucker is with the AIDS Foundation Chicago in Chicago, IL. Angela Wangari Walter is with the Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.ORCID 0000-0002-1561-9354
Melanie RoccoLinda S. Sprague Martinez and Melanie Rocco are with the Health Disparities Institute, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UConn Health, Hartford, CT. Judith C. Scott is with the Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA. Masill Miranda is with AIDS United in Washington, DC. Cynthia Tucker is with the AIDS Foundation Chicago in Chicago, IL. Angela Wangari Walter is with the Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.ORCID 0009-0003-4787-731X
Masill MirandaLinda S. Sprague Martinez and Melanie Rocco are with the Health Disparities Institute, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UConn Health, Hartford, CT. Judith C. Scott is with the Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA. Masill Miranda is with AIDS United in Washington, DC. Cynthia Tucker is with the AIDS Foundation Chicago in Chicago, IL. Angela Wangari Walter is with the Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.ORCID 0009-0007-0376-0450
Cynthia TuckerLinda S. Sprague Martinez and Melanie Rocco are with the Health Disparities Institute, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UConn Health, Hartford, CT. Judith C. Scott is with the Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA. Masill Miranda is with AIDS United in Washington, DC. Cynthia Tucker is with the AIDS Foundation Chicago in Chicago, IL. Angela Wangari Walter is with the Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.ORCID 0000-0003-0645-5308
Angela Wangari WalterLinda S. Sprague Martinez and Melanie Rocco are with the Health Disparities Institute, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UConn Health, Hartford, CT. Judith C. Scott is with the Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA. Masill Miranda is with AIDS United in Washington, DC. Cynthia Tucker is with the AIDS Foundation Chicago in Chicago, IL. Angela Wangari Walter is with the Department of Public Health, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.ORCID 0000-0003-0098-6802

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2020, the Health Resources and Services Administration launched the first initiative focused on Black women in nearly 40 years of the HIV epidemic: the Black Women First initiative. A critical step toward advancing racial equity, the initiative addressed the health and social needs of diverse Black women in HIV care and treatment. In this essay, we posit that the disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS experienced by Black women is rooted in racism, not race. Using critical reflexivity and the Public Health Critical Race praxis, we critically discuss the Black Women First initiative's framing and components, the factors contributing to successes and challenges, opportunities to deepen efforts, and recommendations to focus on dismantling racism in future efforts addressing care and treatment for Black women with HIV. We reflect on how racism was challenged through the involvement of Black women with lived experiences and racial justice organizations, although racism was not a focus of the initiative. Advancing the health of Black women with HIV needs a comprehensive and critical approach that addresses racism by changing intervention funding, service delivery, and the measurement of success. (

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Black or African AmericanHIV InfectionsRacismFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHumansUnited StatesUnited States Health Resources and Services Administration

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PMID40609058
PMCPMC12332320

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