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Changing the Face of Sexual Health Education

WEBA 2010 study found that undergraduate students avoid getting tested either because they don’t think the risk is real for them, they fear the stigma associated with a …

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URL: https://csw.ucla.edu/2017/08/14/changing-face-sexual-health-education/

Femininity, Hair Relaxers, and the Impact of Beauty Standards on …

WEBUCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center, 1500 Public Affairs Building, BOX 957222, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7222 The CSW|Streisand Center …

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UCLA Student Organizations

WEBThe group allows a safe, non-competitive forum for pre-health students to network and discuss issues such as medical school pre-requisites, education, and family …

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Center for the Study of Women

WEBUCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center, 1500 Public Affairs Building, BOX 957222, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7222 The CSW|Streisand Center …

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An Evening of Art, Health, and Thinking Gender

WEBThinking Gender, now in its’ 28 th year, is an annual graduate student research conference organized by the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) that …

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Trans Futures in Health and Scientific Knowledge

WEBOur goal is to increase access to public research university resources for transgender, two-spirit, gender-expansive, and intersex communities’ (TGI) and to align …

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Brain, Blood, and Self-Report: Gaining Insights into Stress-Related

WEBRather than using a single methodology in research, integrating data from a combination of sources (e.g., biophysiological, behavioral, and self-report) can provide a …

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Communities First: A Profile of Janette Robinson Flint

WEBBlack Women for Wellness (BWW) is a grassroots non-profit working throughout South LA. Their mission is clear: “Black Women For Wellness is committed …

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Who Wants to Be Fat Again

WEBThe “good”—desirable, beautiful, ideal—body has traditionally been idealized as a bigger body in many parts of the world (Cassidy 1991), including Nigeria. The 2001 crowning of …

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Infertility-Related Stigma is a Public Health Issue

WEBInfertility-Related Stigma is a Public Health Issue. The experience of infertility is often over-looked within public health literature, despite being a common …

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Open Letter to Policy Makers and Public Health Officials

WEBThe following letter was written by Chandra L. Ford, Bita Amani, Keith Norris, Kia Skrine Jeffers, and Randall Akee of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social …

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Towards Safety, Health, and Healing: Beth Richie’s Anti-Carceral

WEBUCLA Center for the Study of Women|Barbra Streisand Center, 1500 Public Affairs Building, BOX 957222, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7222 The CSW|Streisand Center …

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Environmental Justice and Farm Workers’ Health

WEBAccording to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, 518,000 women worked in agriculture in 2008. And 25.3% of all people employed in agriculture, forestry, …

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Reducing Stigma Toward Black Women Who Vary in Body Size

WEBPhoto credit: Chiara Vercesi for Scientific American. Black women are at an increased risk for a variety of physical health outcomes. One out of four middle-aged …

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Accessible Spaces: A Fragrance-Free Toolkit

WEBA 2016 study found that 34% of the US population reports health problems when exposed to fragrance. Symptoms include: Sinus congestion, sore throat, wheezing, coughing, …

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“Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia,” by …

WEBBook Review by Hannah Carlan. In her award winning book, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (2019), sociologist Sabrina Strings …

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Chemical Warriors, Part 3: Over the Rainbow

WEBOne attendee wrote in a memo “that Dow did not want its findings about dioxin made public because the situation might ‘explode’ and generate a new wave of …

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