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092			_a362.108900973 Geronimus
100	1		_aGeronimus, Arline T.,
245	1	0	_aWeathering : _bthe extraordinary stress of ordinary life in an unjust society / _cArline T. Geronimus.
246	3	0	_aExtraordinary stress of ordinary life in an unjust society.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York : _bLittle, Brown Spark, _c2023.
300			_aviii, 356 pages : _billustrations, charts ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 321-343) and index.
505	0		_aPart one: The erasure, the erosion, and the withstanding. Is working hard and playing by the rules the cure for what ails us? -- Stress and the human biological canvas -- Distressed genes and weathered cells -- Mothers and babies in jeopardy -- Collectively weathering weathering -- Killing us stealthily: the weathering effects of radicalized social identity -- Weathering for success: age against the machine -- Social policy and the assault on black family life -- Part two: The way forward. Think biopsychosocially: address the stealth inequities that surround us -- Think holistically: transcend departments, compartments, and determinants -- Do not erase oppressed stakeholders: do nothing about us without us -- Reorient public health science and practice to better address the needs of working-and reproductive-age adults -- Recognize all our fates are linked.
520			_a"America has woken up to what many of its citizens have known for centuries and to what public health statistics have evidenced for decades: systemic injustice takes a physical, too often deadly, toll on Black, brown, working class and poor communities, and any group who experiences systemic cultural oppression or economic exploitation. Marginalized Americans are disproportionately more likely to suffer from chronic diseases and to die at much younger ages than their middle- and upper-class white counterparts. Black mothers die during childbirth at a rate three times higher than white mothers. White kids in high-poverty Appalachian regions have a healthy life expectancy of 50 years old, while the vast majority of US youth can expect to both survive and be able-bodied at 50, with decades of healthy life expectancy ahead of them. In the face of such clear inequity, we must ask ourselves why this is, and what we can we do. Dr. Arline T. Geronimus coined the term 'weathering' to describe the effects of systemic oppression-including racism and classism-on the body. In Weathering, based on more than 30 years of research, she argues that health and aging have more to do with how society treats us than how well we take care of ourselves. She explains what happens to human bodies as they attempt to withstand and overcome the challenges and insults that society leverages at them, and details how this process ravages their health. And she proposes solutions. Until now, there has been little discussion about the insidious effects of social injustice on the body. Weathering shifts the paradigm, shining a light on the topic and offering a roadmap for hope." --publisher's website.
650		0	_aEquality _xHealth aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aHealth _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMarginality, Social _xHealth aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPoverty _xHealth aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aRacism in medicine _zUnited States.
650		0	_aRacism _xHealth aspects _zUnited States.
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