Teaching Note-#BlackGirlsMatter and the Social Work Curriculum: Integrating Intersectionality Within Social Work Education.

Black girls in the United States face a double or triple jeopardy that places them at risk compared to White girls and other ethnic minority girls. Furthermore, their voices and experiences are often ignored and not discussed fully within the social work classrooms. Since the social work profession is founded on social justice and equity, we urge educators to center the experiences of Black girls within their curriculum by recognizing their experiences within the context of power, privilege and oppression.

Disparities in enrollment and use of an electronic patient portal.

Background: With emphasis on the meaningful use of electronic health records, patient portals are likely to become increasingly important. Little is known about patient enrollment in, and use of, patient portals after explicit invitation from providers.

Objectives: To examine enrollment in, and use of, an electronic patient portal by race/ethnicity, gender and age.

African-American parents' racial and ethnic socialization and adolescent academic grades: teasing out the role of gender.

This study examined the relationship of racial and ethnic socialization and academic achievement in a sample of 218 African American adolescents (grades 9-12; 52% girls) attending a public high school in the northeastern United States. Researchers were particularly interested in whether adolescent gender moderated the relationship between racial and ethnic socialization and academic grades. Results indicated that aspects of ethnic socialization, African American cultural values and African American heritage were linked to adolescent grades.