Where Race Matters Most: Measuring the Strength of Association Between Race and Unemployment Across the 50 United States

Emeka, Amon

doi:10.1007/s11205-017-1557-9

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“…Low-quality jobs and employment instability has been found to be higher among low-income women and a leading factor in financial insecurity [ 2 ]. Poor health, work-restricting health conditions, and a markedly diminished need for unskilled labor also contribute to the significant employment gap among communities of color [ 3 , 4 ]. In the United States, one in four Black/African-American adults and one in six Latino/Hispanic adults, respectively, are living with a disability [ 5 ].…”

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Demonstrating the Feasibility of an Economic Empowerment and Health Promotion Intervention among Low-Income Women Affected by HIV in New York City

Filippone

Trejo

Witte

2023

IJERPH

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Women of color in the U.S. face systematic exclusion from the labor market, work protections, and employer-based benefits. Women’s economic vulnerability increases their susceptibility to health-related issues, including HIV transmission and substance use, which are work-restricting disabilities, by constraining their capacity to effectively reduce risk. The Women’s Economic Empowerment pilot examined the feasibility of a structural intervention, implemented at a neighborhood agency, combining both health promotion and economic empowerment components as a pathway to accessing an urban job market for low-income women with work-restricting disabilities, including living with HIV. Ten women clients from a partner agency in New York completed four health promotion sessions, six financial literacy sessions, and a concurrent opportunity to match savings; some also followed with up to 24 vocational rehabilitation sessions. Interviews captured self-reported data on health promotion and financial outcomes at pre-/post-intervention and 3-month follow-up. Qualitative analysis of recorded group sessions and field notes demonstrate that women express improved HVI/STI knowledge and problem-solving strategies for risk reduction, a shared optimism for the future due to group participation, enhanced social support through relationship-building, a heightened sense of empowerment regarding financial decision making, and a desire to re-engage in the labor force. Findings suggest an empowering approach to re-engage women impacted by poverty, unemployment, and disabilities, including living with HIV, into the workforce may be implemented in a community setting.

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