Assistant Professor Schenita D. Randolph's Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC) article was the subject of "We Need to Talk About Racism as a Barrier to HIV Prevention and Care for Black Women" by Ginger Skinner in The BodyPro. The research piece that was featured, of which Randolph is the leading author, is titled "How Perceived Structural Racism and Discrimination and Medical Mistrust in the Health System Influences Participation in HIV Health Services for Black Women Living in the United States South: A Qualitative, Descriptive Study." JANAC is the official journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care.

Introduction

HIV infection rates among Black women in the U.S. have fallen sharply over the past decade — but look closer, and the numbers still paint a troubling story. Black women remain disproportionately impacted by HIV, with a higher risk of infection than women of any other race or ethnicity. If current rates persist, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates, one in 48 Black women may be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime — compared with one in 227 Hispanic women and one in 880 white women.

Now, new research is calling out structural racism as a long-ignored risk factor for HIV among Black women.