Colleagues and Community Partners,

I am pleased to announce the publication of three new fact sheets authored by Dr. Karen D. Lincoln for the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF). This project includes three fact sheets drawn from the landmark Listening to Black Californians study. Each fact sheet draws from data among the study’s 1,752 middle-aged and older adult survey participants (age 45 and up); illustrative quotations come from the study’s individual interviews.

Why and How Older Black Californians Take Control of their Health highlights the strengths of aging Black Californians, their strategies for taking care of their health despite experiencing racism in health care, and potential solutions to achieve equity in health care.

How Aging Women Face the “Triple Jeopardy” of Race, Gender, and Age in Health Care uses an intersectional approach to highlight the health care experiences of aging Black women in California and the efforts they take to maintain their health and increase their chances of receiving fair treatment. It also makes recommendations to address racial, gender, and age-related bias in health care.

Listening to Aging Black Californians: Changing the Culture of Health Care One Person at a Time offers short takeaways from the study and sample areas for action to address racism in health care.

Here’s the link to the fact sheets on racism and discrimination in health care: https://www.chcf.org/publication/listening-older-black-californians/#related-links-and-downloads. 

Please share widely with your family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors.

All the best,

Dr. Gaines