Due to the Individual Racism, Black women seek alternative health care services to improve their own health outcomes. Black women prioritize finding Black doctors or race-concordant care. 

Alternative Reproductive Health Services Used by Black Women

Black women did not report Individualized racism impacting their access to care, yet they did report that Individualized racism impacted their interactions with reproductive health care providers. This impacted their utilization and experience of the reproductive health care services. 

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The individual experience of biased or bigoted treatment directed at individuals due to social policies and structures.

Individual Racism

Thompson, Terri-ann Monique, et al. “Racism Runs through It: Examining the Sexual and Reproductive Health Experience of Black Women in the South.” Health Affairs, vol. 41, no. 2, 2022, pp. 195–202., https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01422. 

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