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Spotlights major health issues facing African American women and the social ills that affect their longevity.

Written from an afrocentric point of view, Collins's volume investigates sources of stress in the home and workplace. This book offers methods of stress reduction from a popular walking program to biofeedback, meditation, massage, yoga, and breathing exercises. Also highlighted are foods that contribute to stress and herbs that may help eliminate it.

One out of every 18 African American women born in the United States can expect to go to jail at some point during her lifetime. There, she will likely be faced with overcrowded living conditions, inadequate health care, and few opportunities for improving her situation upon release. The first edition of this book, published in 1997, reviewed the disproportionate number of African American women making up the United States' prison population, ...