A Health Crisis: The State of Black Women in America

Health disparities within the United States have significantly increased with the gap growing, Black women remain the most effected and most vulnerable in society. The presented question is whether or not upon an improvement in socioeconomic status or attaining a higher level of education with significantly affect the health outcomes or health status of Black women. Employing a qualitative research study this phenomenon was explored. In examining the health outcomes of Black women of lower socioeconomic status and Black women of higher socioeconomic status this was explored. Data was collected and findings were drawn by looking through the lens of three diseases that adversely affect Black women, Infant Mortality, Breast Cancer, and Obesity as well as the health effects of discrimination and bias Black women face daily.