Measuring Peripartum Depression Symptoms in Latina and Black Women.

项目摘要 在哥伦比亚儿童环境健康中心（CCCEH）内， 儿童健康结果（ECHO）奖（UG 3/UH 30 D 023290），我们跟踪了三个纵向妊娠队列 主要由黑人和拉丁裔母亲及其子女组成，她们在怀孕期间被招募 从1998年开始。在怀孕时，所有女性都居住在纽约市（NYC）内/周围，并代表一个 在科学研究中通常代表性不足的城市少数民族人口。我们的研究项目 出生队列旨在研究产前化学品和社会接触对儿童健康结果的影响。 在这份旨在促进ECHO联盟员工多样性的行政补充文件中， 阿玛雷利斯·劳达莱斯是我们的候选人她是临床心理学的博士前学生，她的临床 课程在纽约城市学院（CCNY）将补充实际研究经验 CCCEH ECHO队列中。她的项目的目标是了解如何更好地评估围产期 抑郁症（periPD）在少数民族和少数民族妇女。PeriPD的特征是重度抑郁发作 在产前或四周内。抑郁症状可能会持续，研究往往会延长 产后长达一年，并已被证明对儿童的健康产生不利影响。拉丁裔和黑人女性 处于PeriPD的特别高风险中，并且PeriPD的筛查措施对独特的经历敏感 拉丁裔和黑人女性。需要更好的筛查措施，以便早期发现、诊断和治疗。 这些信息将有利于我们的队列和ECHO社区，因为ECHO广泛队列的目标是包括 多元文化人口的代表性。

PROJECT SUMMARY Within the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) Environmental influences on Children’s Health Outcmes (ECHO) award (UG3/UH30D023290), we follow three longitudinal pregnancy cohorts comprised primarily of Black and Latina mothers and their children, who were recruited during pregnancy beginning in 1998. At the time of pregnancy, all women reside in/around New York City (NYC) and represent an urban, minority population that is typically under-represented in scientific research. The research program in our birth cohorts aims to study the impacts of prenatal chemical and social exposures on children’s health outcomes. In this administrative supplement which aims to promote diversity within the ECHO consortium workforce, Ms. Amarelis Raudales is our candidate. She is a predoctoral student in clinical psychology and her clinical coursework at the City College of New York (CCNY) will be complemented by practical research experience within the CCCEH ECHO cohorts. The goal of her project is to understand how to better assess peripartum depression (periPD) in ethnic and minority women. PeriPD is characterized by a major depressive episode during the prenatal period or within four weeks. Depressive symptoms may continue and studies often extend up to one-year postpartum and has been shown to adversely affect children’s health. Latina and Black women are at especially high risk for PeriPD and screening measures for PeriPD are sensitive to the unique experiences of Latina and Black women. Better screening measures are needed for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment. This information will benefit our cohort and the ECHO community, as the ECHO wide cohort aims to include representation from multicultural populations.