Psychological Interventions for Prenatal Anxiety in Latinas and Black Women: A Scoping Review and Recommendations.

ABSTRACT: Anxiety symptoms are common among pregnant women worldwide. In the United States, prenatal anxiety symptoms tend to be elevated among Black and Latin American women as compared to non-Latina White women. Despite the high prevalence of anxiety and associations with adverse maternal and offspring outcomes, interventions have not been developed or tailored sufficiently to Black women or Latinas who need efficacious treatment. This article provides a scoping review of articles published since 2017 that test the effects of randomized and non-randomized psychological interventions designed to reduce prenatal anxiety in samples comprised primarily of ethnic/racial minority women. We also review published protocols of planned psychological interventions to reduce prenatal anxiety in order to highl

SUBMITTER: Ponting C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8965279 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature