Reflections on the Development of the Superwoman Schema Conceptual Framework: An Intersectional Approach Guided by African American Womanist Perspectives

The Superwoman Schema conceptual framework was developed to support the comprehensive assessment and understanding of stress and biopsychosocial factors that influence African America women’s health and health disparities. The present essay presents the factors that influenced the author’s developme...

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Published inMeridians (Middletown, Conn.) Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 333 - 342
Main Author Woods-Giscombé, Cheryl L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Durham Duke University Press 01.01.2018
Indiana University Press
Subjects
African American culture
African American studies
African American Studies and Black Diaspora
African Americans
Chicanx and Latinx Studies
Demographic aspects
Feminism and Women's Studies
Gender and Sexuality
Gender roles
Health aspects
Health care inequality
Health disparities
Health education
Intersectionality
Medical policy
Mental health
Mindfulness
Political aspects
Psychological stress
Racial differences
Reflection
Stress
Women
Women, Black
Womens health
United States
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Summary:The Superwoman Schema conceptual framework was developed to support the comprehensive assessment and understanding of stress and biopsychosocial factors that influence African America women’s health and health disparities. The present essay presents the factors that influenced the author’s development of the Superwoman Schema framework, and how she combined womanist, intersectional, and other culturally relevant approaches as a foundation for this work.
ISSN:1536-6936
1547-8424
DOI:10.2979/meridians.16.2.14