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Black pregnant womens mother-father relationships and depressive symptoms

Por: Tarlazzi · E. · Bertini · V. — Junio 19th 2025 at 10:25

Commentary on: Rosemary A, Jenna M. W, Dawn P. Misra, and Carmen Giurgescu "Mother-Father Relationship and Depressive Symptoms Among Pregnant Black Women". West J Nurs Res 2023, 45(11) 1027–1034.

Implications for practice and research

  • Future studies should evaluate the consistency of the three classes of mother–father relationships proposed by this research.

  • During pregnant women’s emotional well-being screening, particular attention should be given to the mother–father relationship as a potential predictor of depressive symptoms.

    • Context

    Black women have a higher rate of mortality and morbidity during pregnancy than women of other racial and ethnic groups.1 Moreover, during the perinatal period, African American women experience more trauma, socioeconomic inequity, stress and less access to healthcare and social support.1 There is also growing literature showing that black women experience a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy compared with white women.
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