Abstract
African Americans, the second largest ethnocultural group after Hispanics in the US, are largely the descendants of Africans who were forcibly brought to this country as slaves between 1619 and 1860. A significant cultural divide may separate this group from recent immigrants from Africa and other countries. However, the U.S. Census Bureau includes all Blacks together.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Bibliography
Abbyad C, Robertson TR (2011) African American women’s preparation for childbirth from the perspective of African American health-care providers. J Perinat Educ 20(1):45–53
Campinha-Bacote J (2013) People of African American ancestry. In: Purnell L (ed) Transcultural health care: a culturally competent approach, 3rd edn. F.A. Davis Co., Philadelphia
Jacobs EA, Rolle I, Ferrans CE, Whitaker EE, Warnecke RB (2006) Understanding African American’ views of the trustworthiness of physician. J Gen Intern Med 21(6):642–647
Jardine SA, Dallaflor A (2012) Examining gender dynamics in the context of African American families. J Pedagogy Pract 4(4):1–4
Labore N, Mawn B, Dixon J, Andemariam B (2017) Exploring transitions to self-management with the culture of sickle cell disease. J Transcult Nurs 28(1):70–79
Rutherford J (2016) Funeral customs of African American Southern Baptists. http://peopleof.oureverydaylife.com/funeral-customs-african-american-southern-baptists-6189.html
Sage encyclopedia of pharmacology and society (2016) http://sk.sagepub.com/reference/download/the-sage-encyclopedia-of-pharmacology-and-society/i1498.pdf
Thorburn S, Bogart LM (2005) Conspiracy beliefs about birth control: barriers to pregnancy prevention among African Americans of reproductive age. Health Educ Behav 32(4):474–487
Townsend A, March AL, Kimball J (2017) Can faith and hospice coexist: is the African American church the key to increases hospice utilization for African Americans. J Transcult Nurs 28(1):32–40
Waters C (2000) End-of-life directives among African Americans: a need for community-centered discussion and education. J Community Health Nurs 17(1):25–37
Wicher CP, Meeker MA (2012) What influences African American end-of-life preferences? J Health Care Poor Underserved 23(1):28–58
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Purnell, L.D., Fenkl, E.A. (2019). People of African American Heritage. In: Handbook for Culturally Competent Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21946-8_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21946-8_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-21945-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-21946-8
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)