SAN DIEGO — Social support and mindfulness practices can improve mental health in Hispanic pregnant women, according to a small study presented at the ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific meeting.
“Our National Science Foundation-funded study indicated that increased social support was associated with a lower level of depression symptoms and increased mindfulness was associated with a lower level of anxiety symptoms in Hispanic pregnant women,” Yuqing Guo, RN, PhD, associate professor at the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine, and