“…Older and middle-aged African American women are at a particularly high risk of experiencing pain and subsequent pain-related disability because of the intersection of their sex, age, race, and high rates of chronic conditions such as osteoarthritis (OA) (Baker & Green, 2005; Baker, Buchanan, & Corson, 2008; Baker, Buchanan, Small, Hines, & Whitfield, 2011; Walker et al, 2016b). Furthermore, pain is common among adults with OA (Arthritis Foundation, 2015), and women experience higher rates of OA after the age of 50 than men (Buckwalter, Saltzman, & Brown, 2004).…”