WHAT'S MAKING BLACK WOMEN SICK?

Esther Celamy Williams didn't just assume she lived a healthy lifestyle. As a licensed practical nurse, she was trained to know she did. So when the Orlando, Florida, mom learned her headaches and bouts oidizziness were caused by high blood pressure, she was shocked: "I didn't eat a l...

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Published in:Health (San Francisco, Calif.) Calif.), 2020-12, Vol.34 (10), p.42
Main Author: Byrd, Ayana
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular disease
Glucose
Hypertension
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Summary:Esther Celamy Williams didn't just assume she lived a healthy lifestyle. As a licensed practical nurse, she was trained to know she did. So when the Orlando, Florida, mom learned her headaches and bouts oidizziness were caused by high blood pressure, she was shocked: "I didn't eat a lot of salt--nothing that would have led me to think that's what it was," says Celamy-Williams, who was 27 at the time and is now 42. Hypertension is highly prevalent in African Americans--and is a major cause of heart disease, renal disease, heart attacks, and strokes, says Allana T. Forde, PhD, MPII, an investigator at the National Institutes of Health who focuses on racial disparities in health outcomes. More than 42 percent of Black adults in the U.S. have elevated blood pressure.
ISSN:1059-938X
2169-3196