257744 How Cancer Crossed the Color Line

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 4:35 PM - 4:55 PM

Keith Wailoo, PhD , Department of History and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
     
One hundred years ago, cancer in general (and breast cancer particularly) was not viewed as an equal opportunity disease but rather as a specific concern of white, well-to-do women. This paper describes and analyzes historical continuities and shifts in breast cancer epidemiological awareness and depiction along lines of race -- with particular attention to professional theories of group risk and popular portraits across a wide range of media.

Learning Areas:
Diversity and culture
Public health or related education
Public health or related public policy
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Describe and analyze historical trends, both continuities and shifts, in breast cancer awareness along lines of race -- with particular attention to professional theories of group risk and popular portraits across a wide range of media.

Keywords: African American, Breast Cancer

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Professor of History and Public Policy at Princeton, having published several major books on various aspects of the history of disease, health, and race -- including, How Cancer Crossed the Color Line (Oxford University Press 2011)
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Back to: 3448.0: Embodying history – and changing it: health inequities, social justice, and biology in context – the case of breast cancer