Women supporting women: Supportive/educative groups for ethnically diverse, urban, impoverished women dealing with depression and anxiety

Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2018 Aug;32(4):524-529. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2018.02.007. Epub 2018 Feb 14.

Abstract

Depression and anxiety are mental health issues that disproportionately affect urban, ethnically diverse, impoverished women. Using community based participatory research and in the context of long-term partnerships between a nursing department and underserved neighborhoods that are predominately Black, Hispanic, and White respectively, supportive/educative groups were offered. The study employed a quasi-experimental, nonequivalent comparison group pretest-posttest design. Seventy-two women aged 17-88 years participated. Repeated measures ANOVA indicated a significant increase in knowledge for self-care for depression and anxiety and a significant decrease in anxiety and depression symptomatology from before to after the group sessions.

Keywords: Women's mental health; anxiety disorder; culturally sensitive nursing care; depression; minority mental health.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety* / ethnology
  • Anxiety* / psychology
  • Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Depression* / ethnology
  • Depression* / psychology
  • Female
  • Focus Groups
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Education as Topic*
  • Poverty* / ethnology
  • Poverty* / psychology
  • Residence Characteristics
  • Self-Help Groups*
  • Urban Population*