Perspectives on Mental Illness Stigma Among African Immigrant Pregnant and Post-Partum Women in an Urban Setting: A Brief Report

PURPOSE: This study assessed the perspectives of pregnant and postpartum African immigrant women on mental illness. METHODS: We conducted a focus group session (n=14) among pregnant and postpartum African immigrant women in June 2020. We used an inductive driven thematic analysis to identify themes...

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Autores principales: Bamgbose Pederson, Aderonke, Waldron, Elizabeth, Burnett-Zeigler, Inger, Clark, Crystal T., Lartey, Lynette, Wisner, Katherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2022
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9148647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35651359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0135
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author Bamgbose Pederson, Aderonke
Waldron, Elizabeth
Burnett-Zeigler, Inger
Clark, Crystal T.
Lartey, Lynette
Wisner, Katherine
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description PURPOSE: This study assessed the perspectives of pregnant and postpartum African immigrant women on mental illness. METHODS: We conducted a focus group session (n=14) among pregnant and postpartum African immigrant women in June 2020. We used an inductive driven thematic analysis to identify themes related to mental health stigma. RESULTS: Five core themes emerged: conceptualization of mental health, community stigmatizing attitudes, biopsychosocial stressors, management of mental health, and methods to reduce stigma. CONCLUSION: Understanding the perspectives of pregnant African immigrant women at the intersection of their race, ethnicity, gender, and migration are necessary to improve engagement with mental health services.
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spelling pubmed-91486472022-05-31 Perspectives on Mental Illness Stigma Among African Immigrant Pregnant and Post-Partum Women in an Urban Setting: A Brief Report Bamgbose Pederson, Aderonke Waldron, Elizabeth Burnett-Zeigler, Inger Clark, Crystal T. Lartey, Lynette Wisner, Katherine Health Equity Short Report PURPOSE: This study assessed the perspectives of pregnant and postpartum African immigrant women on mental illness. METHODS: We conducted a focus group session (n=14) among pregnant and postpartum African immigrant women in June 2020. We used an inductive driven thematic analysis to identify themes related to mental health stigma. RESULTS: Five core themes emerged: conceptualization of mental health, community stigmatizing attitudes, biopsychosocial stressors, management of mental health, and methods to reduce stigma. CONCLUSION: Understanding the perspectives of pregnant African immigrant women at the intersection of their race, ethnicity, gender, and migration are necessary to improve engagement with mental health services. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2022-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9148647/ /pubmed/35651359 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0135 Text en © Aderonke Bamgbose Pederson et al., 2022; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC-BY] (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bamgbose Pederson, Aderonke
Waldron, Elizabeth
Burnett-Zeigler, Inger
Clark, Crystal T.
Lartey, Lynette
Wisner, Katherine
Perspectives on Mental Illness Stigma Among African Immigrant Pregnant and Post-Partum Women in an Urban Setting: A Brief Report
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title_full Perspectives on Mental Illness Stigma Among African Immigrant Pregnant and Post-Partum Women in an Urban Setting: A Brief Report
title_fullStr Perspectives on Mental Illness Stigma Among African Immigrant Pregnant and Post-Partum Women in an Urban Setting: A Brief Report
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title_short Perspectives on Mental Illness Stigma Among African Immigrant Pregnant and Post-Partum Women in an Urban Setting: A Brief Report
title_sort perspectives on mental illness stigma among african immigrant pregnant and post-partum women in an urban setting: a brief report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9148647/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2021.0135
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