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Breaking the Stereotypes of Black Mothers’ Postpartum Mental Health Oppression Makayla E Campbell University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ENGL 105.024 Amy Chan January 24, 2024
Annotated Bibliography Bodnar-Deren, S., Benn, E. K. T., Balbierz, A., & Howell, E. A. (2017). Stigma and postpartum depression treatment acceptability among black and white women in the first six-months postpartum.  Maternal and Child Health Journal ,  21 (7), 1457–1468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-017-2263-6 This article within the Maternal and Child Health Journal studies the stigmatisms against postpartum treatments for minority women, specifically Black women, from receiving care. The participants included Black, White, and Latina women, all surveyed on mental and clinical status over a 6- month postpartum period, and at the final survey they were surveyed on acceptability to postpartum depression treatments. Results revealed that Black women were less likely to receive mental care for postpartum depression, and more likely to feel ashamed to tell their friends/family they were struggling mentally. This article assesses the hesitation of Black women to confide in a Health care provider for mental health, but from the angle of medication and treatment. A weakness of the article was instead of exploring the lack of trust Black women have to providers, the authors blamed it on “stigmatism”. I plan to use this article to express the outcome of a weak patient-provider relationship between Black women and individuals in the healthcare system. I also want to highlight the effect of the emotional instability stereotype. Bossick, A. S., Bossick, N. R., Callegari, L. S., Carey, C. M., Johnson, H., & Katon, J. G. (2022). Experiences of racism and postpartum depression symptoms, care-seeking, and diagnosis.  Archives of Women’s Mental Health ,  25 (4), 717–727. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737- 022-01232-w
Postpartum depression is studied in this research in Archives of Women’s Mental Health with Experiences of emotional upset due to racism (EUR) as an independent variable. Authors question if the EUR received by Black women and POC 12 months before they had their baby result in more negative postpartum mental health by surveying them with self-report questions on mental stability. Results reveal that those that experienced EUR in the previous months were more susceptible to postpartum depression than those who had not experienced EUR. The strengths of this article lie in the realization of a cause-and-effect chain within postpartum mental health and racism. Weaknesses include the self-reported responses from participants rather than real medical evaluations to assess the symptoms reported, as well as little elaboration on what EUR the participants experienced. I plan to use this research to further the claim that postpartum health oppression is furthered with racism to Black women, even outside the healthcare field. Erving, C. L., Williams, T. R., Frierson, W., & Derisse, M. (2022). Gendered racial microaggressions, psychosocial resources, and depressive symptoms among black women attending a historically black university.  Society and Mental Health ,  12 (3), 230–247. https://doi.org/10.1177/21568693221115766 This journal article by Society and Mental Health studies the intersectionality of gendered racial microaggressions (GRMS) on Black women, and the negative effects it has on their mental health. Research was done by assessing the frequency of (GRMS) with a mixed-method longitudinal study in participants and leveledscales that assess participants’ moods and depressiveness. Results concluded that GRMs was associated with more mental health issues. The strength of this study is the dimensions studied to GRMS, like sexual objectification, silenced and marginalized, strong Black women, and angry Black woman. The weakness is the
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