Grant: Master's Award: Canada Graduate Research Scholarships - Master's program

The intersection of racism, sexism and ageism profoundly amplifies the disparities and inequities related to access to care and support during midlife transition and menopause among Black women, contributing to poor quality of life. Yet the intersectional experiences and challenges faced by Black women during midlife transition and menopause remains understudied in Canadian context. This lack of understanding of the experiences of Black women is a significant gap in the evidence needed to inform the development program and interventions to address the inequities they faced and promote quality of life. This proposed study will conduct in-depth individual interviews and focus groups with 20 Black women in the Greater Toronto Area to explore their experiences of midlife transition and menopause including cultural influences on beliefs surrounding menopause access to care and support to identity priority areas for action at individual, community, and institutional, and system level factors. This study informed by Afrocentric emancipatory epistemology and guided by intersectional and socio-ecological framework.