Black Girls and Adolescents

Many of the essays not only describe risks and dangers but also provide ideas for prevention and improvement based on statistical evidence. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries. * Choice * Overall, Black Girls and Adolescents reflects an effort to raise awareness of the plight of today's African American girls. In doing so, the contributors succeed in raising an alarm of the ills facing African American girls. * PsycCRITIQUES *

Catherine Fisher Collins, DEd, RN, NP, is associate professor at the State University of New York, Empire State College.

Foreword Marian Wright Edelman Preface Acknowledgments PART I: HEALTH 1. HIV/AIDS in Adolescent Black Girls Yvonne Wesley 2. African American Adolescent Females: Physical Health and Mental Health Issues Yvette R. Harris 3. The Challenges Facing Sickle-Cell Disease (SCD) Patients during the Transitional Period from Adolescence to Adulthood Cassandra E. Dobson 4. The Never-Ending Pelvic Inflammatory Disease among Adolescents Denise Linton 5. African American Girls and Substance Use Leslie R. Walker and Caryn R. R. Rodgers 6. Black Girls in Poverty Marianne E. Partee 7. Prevention of Overweight and Obesity among African American Girls Te Cora Ballom PART II: PARENTING 8. Me, Myself, and I: Biracial Challenges to Mental Health Mary Harley Gresham 9. Avoiding Teenage Pregnancy: Too Young to Parent Kellie Bryant 10. Obesity in Black Girls: The Curse of a Poverty Diet and Fast Foods Portia Johnson and Yvonne Wesley 11. Growth Development and Anticipatory Guidance for African American Girls Funmi Aiyegbo-Ohadike 12. African American Girls' Spirituality and Resilience Hope E. Ferguson PART III: EDUCATION 13. "Oral Sex Is Not Sex" Jamesetta A. Newland 14. Barriers to Mental Health Services and African American Girls Ursuline R. Bankhead 15. Black Adolescent Girls in Foster Care Betty Boyle-Duke 16. Education vs. Schooling: Black Adolescent Females Fight for an Education in the 21st Century Gloria A. Gibson 17. Suicidality among Gifted African American Females Attending Elite Schools: Impact of Diminished Community Support Aquilla Frederick 18. Sex Trafficking and Black Girls: Breaking the Code of Silence in Schools and in Our Community Virginia A. Batchelor and Illana R. Lane 19. Critical Conversations Using Poetry to Empower Adolescent Girls of African Descent to Effectively Address Their Sexual Health and Well-Being Lindamichelle Baron 20. Finding Nem[a]: Modeling and Mentoring for Adolescent African American Females' Development of Self-Identity Sheila Marie Aird 21. The Mis-Education of Black Girls: Learning in a White System Jessica J. Jones PART IV: CRIMINAL JUSTICE 22. Violated and Victimized: The Juvenile Justice System and Black Girls Tomasina L. Cook 23. The Big Picture: Black Girls, Adolescents, and Crime Today Byron Miller 24. Pathways to Delinquency and Imprisonment Catherine Fisher Collins 25. Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility in New York: A Judge's Observation Juanita Bing Newton 26. Aggression and Violence in Teen Girls Chiquita D. Howard-Bostic 27. African American Adolescent Females in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems E. Jeannette Ogden About the Editor and Contributors Index