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Structural Racism and Midlife Health

Edited by:
Siobán D Harlow, University of Michigan, USA
Nancy Fugate Woods, University of Washington, USA

Women's Midlife Health is accepting submissions to our ongoing Thematic Series, Structural Racism and Midlife Health. This Series accepts original research, reviews, and commentaries on the effects of structural racism on women in their midlife, including topics such as disparities in reproductive ageing and midlife health between Black and White women, the impact on incarcerated midlife women, and more.

Watch our special webinars that discuss articles in our thematic series on structural racism in midlife health. The first discussing “Disparities in Reproductive Aging and Midlife Health between Black and White women” and “Taking Action to Advance the Study of Race and Ethnicity” that occurred on October 6th. The second discusses “Disparities in Reproductive Aging and Midlife Health between Black and White women” and “Taking Action to Advance the Study of Race and Ethnicity” which occurred on October 28th.

Manuscripts should be formatted according to the Women's Midlife Health submission guidelines and submitted via the online submission system. All articles will undergo the journals full standard peer-review process and will be published upon acceptance. In the submission system please select the correct series title and also indicate in the covering letter that the manuscript is to be considered for this special series. More information about the series and the journal, including full aims & scope and Editorial Board, can be found on the journal website.

This thematic series is ongoing and new manuscripts will be added upon acceptance.


  1. High recidivism rates indicate that current forms of imprisonment may be an ineffective response to problems that mainly burden those ensconced in poverty and marginalization. Homelessness, unemployment, racia...

    Authors: Juana Hutchinson-Colas, Mary Cathryn Earnhardt, Afsara Mannan, James McGreevy and Gloria A Bachmann
    Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2022 8:12
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  2. This paper reviews differences in the experience of the menopause transition and midlife health outcomes between Black and White women who participated in the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN), ...

    Authors: Siobán D. Harlow, Sherri-Ann M. Burnett-Bowie, Gail A. Greendale, Nancy E. Avis, Alexis N. Reeves, Thomas R. Richards and Tené T. Lewis
    Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2022 8:3
    Content type: Review Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Women's Midlife Health 2022 8:10

  3. “Race” and “ethnicity” are socially constructed terms, not based on biology - in contrast to biologic ancestry and genetic admixture - and are flexible, contested, and unstable concepts, often driven by power....

    Authors: Lorena Garcia, Shawna Follis, Cynthia A. Thomson, Khadijah Breathett, Crystal Wiley Cené, Monik Jimenez, Charles Kooperberg, Kamal Masaki, Electra D. Paskett, Mary Pettinger, Aaron Aragaki, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson and Marcia L. Stefanick
    Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2022 8:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Women's Midlife Health 2022 8:13

  4. The Women’s Health Institute in collaboration with the Journal of Women’s Midlife Health hosted a national roundtable with Dr. Vivian Pinn via Zoom to honor her for her achievements in the areas of women’s hea...

    Authors: Gloria Bachmann and Nancy Woods
    Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:11
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  6. Racism has significantly impacted communities of color for centuries. The year 2020 is a reminder that racism is an ongoing public health crisis. Healthcare institutions have an important role in dismantling r...

    Authors: Michelle S. Diop, Christy N. Taylor, Sascha N. Murillo, Jessica A. Zeidman, Aisha K. James and Sherri-Ann M. Burnett-Bowie
    Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:7
    Content type: Review Published on: