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Research on the intersection of race and gender suggests that, for African Americans, racial inequality is more salient than gender inequality. However, theoretical perspectives on the multiplicative effects of status positions and "outsider within" models suggest that minority group membership can be a catalyst for the development of feminist attitudes. This article examines three issues central to feminism: (1) recognition and critique of gender inequality, (2) egalitarian gender roles, and (3) political activism for the rights of women. The authors found that support for feminist ideology was common for both African American women and men, although the level of support varied depending on the issue and by gender. Factors predicting the endorsement of feminist ideology also varied depending on the issue and by gender. The authors found partial support for the race saliency hypothesis, but there was also evidence of the multiplicative effects of status positions on African Americans' feminist attitudes.

In this article, the authors analyze the experiences of one participant in HOPE, a pilot program that supports teenage mothers who want to pursue a college education. Using feminist standpoint and social capital theories, the analysis explores the meaning of themes that are interwoven throughout four narratives about family, education, college/dreams, and HOPE. Some emergent themes, such as key relationships and client-centered learning environments, are well known; others, like the client's perception of ambivalent social messages about mother-student roles and the function of mentoring in the development of critical thinking, are less recognized but essential to extending theory about academic decision making

In recent years discussions of the mental health of women have focused on gender comparative research and racial disparities among women, often with particular attention to depression. However, few studies have examined depression among Black African immigrant women. In this exploratory study, five self-identified African women participated in a focus group that addressed their health and wellbeing. Analyses indicated that depression was a major health concern for participants. Dimensional analysis revealed four dimensions: perceptions, contextual factors, symptom manifestation, and cultural coping. These dimensions influenced the women's perceptions of culturally appropriate treatment. Implications for clinical social work interventions with Black African immigrant women are presented.

Conceptual and methodological challenges in studies of Black populations / James S. Jackson, Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, and Sherrill L. Sellers -- Researching "Black" educational experiences and outcomes : theoretical and methodological considerations / Carla O'Connor, Amanda Lewis, and Jennifer Mueller -- Crowded out? : the racial composition of American occupations / Darrick Hamilton and William A. Darity, Jr. -- Aging, physical health, and work and family role changes among African American women : strategies for conducting life-course research with African-American women / Letha A. Chadiha and Jewell F. Brazelton -- Research with high-risk African-American infants and children : insights from a longitudinal study / Dolores G. Norton, Jacquelyn Vincson, and Melissa Wilhelm -- Studying marital relationships / Joseph Veroff and Terri L. Orbuch -- Conducting stress research in Black communities abroad : suggestions and methodological strategies for South African studies / Nikeea Copeland-Linder -- Methodological considerations in the study of work and occupations : the case of domestic workers in New York City / Sherrill L. Sellers, Colewick M. Wilson, and Michelle Harris -- The national survey of American life : innovations in research with ethnically diverse Black samples / James S. Jackson [and others] -- Conducting quantitative research with African-American and Caribbean Black adult and adolescent populations : strategies for training interviewers with the national survey of American life / Julia F. Hastings, Heidi Kromrei, and Cleopatra Howard Caldwell -- Adjusting for and predicting non-response in a panel survey of African-Americans / Monica L. Wolford and Myriam Torres -- Research with Black churches : lessons learned from the Black church family project / Cleopatra Howard Caldwell -- A certain kind of vision : revealing structure, process, and meaning in African-American families / Andrea G. Hunter and Deborah J. Johnson -- Methods for the study of mental health in African-American populations / Lonnie R. Snowden -- Using quantitative methods to study the impact of television exposure on the social and emotional development of African-American children and adolescents / L. Monique Ward -- Regarding Black audiences : qualitative approaches to studying Black media consumption / Catherine Squires and Bambi Haggins

Objective: The debate over use of race as a proxy for genetic risk of disease continues, but little is known about how primary care providers (nurse practitioners and general internal medicine physicians) currently use race in their clinical practice. Our study in­vestigates primary care providers' use of race in clinical practice.Methods: Survey data from three cross-sectional parent studies were used. A total of 178 nurse practitioners (NPs) and 759 general internal medicine physicians were included. The outcome of interest was the Racial At­tributes in Clinical Evaluation (RACE) scale, which measures explicit use of race in clinical decision-making. Predictor variables included the Genetic Variation Knowledge Assessment Index (GKAI), which measures the providers' knowledge of human genetic variation.Results: In the final multivariable model, NPs had an average RACE score that was 1.60 points higher than the physicians' score (P=.03). The GKAI score was not significantly associated with the RACE outcome in the final model (P=.67).Conclusions: Physicians had more knowl­edge of genetic variation and used patients' race less in the clinical decision-making process than NPs. We speculate that these differences may be related to differences in discipline-specific clinical training and approaches to clinical care. Further explora­tion of these differences is needed, including examination of physicians' and NPs' beliefs about race, how they use race in disease screening and treatment, and if the use of race is contributing to health care dispari­ties.Ethn Dis.2019;29(1):1-8; doi:10.18865/ ed.29.1.1.