The Age of the Soft-Girl Era: How Public Health Scholars May Seize Opportunity of Innovatively Promoting Reproductive Health and Nutritional Health Among Black Women of Color

In the current soft-girl era, a soft lifestyle promotes living with ease, comfort, healing, and joy. As health equity programs evolve, they should provide safe spaces for participants’ experiences, desires, and motivations for wellness living. Contributions of the soft-girl era movement challenge th...

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Main Author: Vanessa Nicholson-Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert 2025-02-01
Series:Health Equity
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Online Access:https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/heq.2024.0063
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description In the current soft-girl era, a soft lifestyle promotes living with ease, comfort, healing, and joy. As health equity programs evolve, they should provide safe spaces for participants’ experiences, desires, and motivations for wellness living. Contributions of the soft-girl era movement challenge the notions for historically marginalized women to thrive in their health rather than merely surviving through it. If public health fields are to expand, including the fields of Black maternal health and Black food justice, Black participation is critical. The movement offers researchers to acknowledge participant voice, thereby gaining their trust, interest, and on-going participation in health programs.
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spelling doaj-art-8fa66b2ee28e4e9f9c7f5451ca778f522025-08-20T02:30:30ZengMary Ann LiebertHealth Equity2473-12422025-02-0191182110.1089/heq.2024.0063The Age of the Soft-Girl Era: How Public Health Scholars May Seize Opportunity of Innovatively Promoting Reproductive Health and Nutritional Health Among Black Women of ColorVanessa Nicholson-Robinson0Public Health and Community Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.In the current soft-girl era, a soft lifestyle promotes living with ease, comfort, healing, and joy. As health equity programs evolve, they should provide safe spaces for participants’ experiences, desires, and motivations for wellness living. Contributions of the soft-girl era movement challenge the notions for historically marginalized women to thrive in their health rather than merely surviving through it. If public health fields are to expand, including the fields of Black maternal health and Black food justice, Black participation is critical. The movement offers researchers to acknowledge participant voice, thereby gaining their trust, interest, and on-going participation in health programs.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/heq.2024.0063African Americanhealth equitymethodsnutritionreproductive healthFIM (food is medicine)
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The Age of the Soft-Girl Era: How Public Health Scholars May Seize Opportunity of Innovatively Promoting Reproductive Health and Nutritional Health Among Black Women of Color
Health Equity
African American
health equity
methods
nutrition
reproductive health
FIM (food is medicine)
title The Age of the Soft-Girl Era: How Public Health Scholars May Seize Opportunity of Innovatively Promoting Reproductive Health and Nutritional Health Among Black Women of Color
title_full The Age of the Soft-Girl Era: How Public Health Scholars May Seize Opportunity of Innovatively Promoting Reproductive Health and Nutritional Health Among Black Women of Color
title_fullStr The Age of the Soft-Girl Era: How Public Health Scholars May Seize Opportunity of Innovatively Promoting Reproductive Health and Nutritional Health Among Black Women of Color
title_full_unstemmed The Age of the Soft-Girl Era: How Public Health Scholars May Seize Opportunity of Innovatively Promoting Reproductive Health and Nutritional Health Among Black Women of Color
title_short The Age of the Soft-Girl Era: How Public Health Scholars May Seize Opportunity of Innovatively Promoting Reproductive Health and Nutritional Health Among Black Women of Color
title_sort age of the soft girl era how public health scholars may seize opportunity of innovatively promoting reproductive health and nutritional health among black women of color
topic African American
health equity
methods
nutrition
reproductive health
FIM (food is medicine)
url https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/heq.2024.0063
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