Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, USA.
West J Nurs Res. 2021 Mar;43(3):219-226. doi: 10.1177/0193945920950336. Epub 2020 Aug 28.
Perinatal African-American women experience perinatal health disparities with increased levels of stress. Stress includes exposure to racism and sexism for African-American women. African-American perinatal women need a culturally tailored intervention to decrease stress and improve health. Culturally tailored interventions are more effective than non-adapted interventions. Mindfulness can reduce stress and improve health and may be an ideal intervention to culturally modify for perinatal African-American women. We will first discuss stress and its impact on perinatal health. Second, we will present stress and intersectionality for perinatal African-American women. Third, we will describe the existing research on mindfulness and its proposed benefits for perinatal women. Finally, we will highlight culturally responsive mindfulness approaches and how these may be uniquely suited to target and mitigate perinatal stress outcomes and promote healthy behaviors.
非裔美国孕产妇在围产期经历健康差异，面临更高水平的压力。压力包括非裔美国女性遭受的种族主义和性别歧视。非裔美国围产期女性需要一种文化上量身定制的干预措施来减轻压力和改善健康。文化适应性干预比非适应性干预更有效。正念可以减轻压力，改善健康，可能是一种理想的干预措施，可以为非裔美国围产期女性进行文化调整。我们将首先讨论压力及其对围产期健康的影响。其次，我们将介绍非裔美国孕产妇的压力和交叉性问题。第三，我们将描述正念的现有研究及其对围产期妇女的预期益处。最后，我们将重点介绍文化响应式正念方法，以及这些方法如何特别适合针对和缓解围产期压力的结果并促进健康行为。
