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Participants (n\u2009=\u200925) were asked about pre- and post-natal experiences with the healthcare system, effects of the pandemic, and participants\u2019 experiences of or desires for ideal care within the healthcare system. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded for qualitative analysis using nVivo. Discussions around postpartum mental health evolved organically when asked about how participants were coping postpartum.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nearly half the interviewees organically reported mental health symptoms consistent with postpartum depression (PPD) during questions regarding their postpartum experience. Of the 11 interviewees who reported mental health symptoms consistent with PPD, 2 were afraid to disclose their symptoms to a healthcare provider due to fear of child protective services involvement and their belief they would be treated unfairly because of their race.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Clinicians who care for Black and Biracial adolescent and young adult mothers must be particularly attuned to structural barriers for appropriate screening and treatment of postpartum depression. Expanding investigations of intersectional influences on young mothers\u2019 perinatal health and PPD are needed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12884-023-05929-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,4]],"date-time":"2023-09-04T09:02:56Z","timestamp":1693818176000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Experiences of postpartum mental health sequelae among black and biracial women during the COVID-19 pandemic"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Megana","family":"Dwarakanath","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fahmida","family":"Hossain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Phoebe","family":"Balascio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mikaela C.","family":"Moore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ashley V.","family":"Hill","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Natacha M.","family":"De Genna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,4]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"5929_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"16","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpag.2009.04.006","volume":"23","author":"SC Hodgkinson","year":"2010","unstructured":"Hodgkinson SC, Colantuoni E, Roberts D, Berg-Cross L, Belcher HM. 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