Refining Black men's depression measurement using participatory approaches: a concept mapping study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite cumulative socioeconomic disadvantage and risk factors, Black Americans have a lower prevalence of depression than whites. Given the emerging focus of depression as a public mental health crisis, culturally informed depression measures and scale development techniques are needed to better alleviate the mental health burden of socially marginalized populations. Yet, for Black men, race- and gender-related factors that position emotional vulnerability as a sign of weakness, may potentially mask the timely identification of mental health needs in this population. Thus, we address these gaps by employing a stakeholder-driven, community-engaged process for understanding Black men's depression experience.

Methods

We use concept mapping, a structured mixed method

SUBMITTER: Adams LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8220674 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature