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dc.contributor.authorMcIvor, C.
dc.contributor.authorVafai, Y.
dc.contributor.authorKelly, B.
dc.contributor.authorO'Toole, S.E.
dc.contributor.authorHays, M.
dc.contributor.authorBadrick, E.
dc.contributor.authorIqbal, Halima
dc.contributor.authorPickett, K.E.
dc.contributor.authorCameron, C.
dc.contributor.authorDickerson, J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-03T17:22:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-08T11:34:01Z
dc.date.available2022-11-03T17:22:42Z
dc.date.available2022-11-08T11:34:01Z
dc.date.issued2022-11
dc.identifier.citationMcIvor C, Vafai Y, Kelly B et al (2022) The Impact of the Pandemic on Mental Health in Ethnically Diverse Mothers: Findings from the Born in Bradford, Tower Hamlets and Newham COVID-19 Research Programmes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(21). 14316.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/19202
dc.descriptionYesen_US
dc.description.abstractRestrictions implemented by the UK Government during the COVID-19 pandemic have served to worsen mental health outcomes, particularly amongst younger adults, women, those living with chronic health conditions, and parents of young children. Studies looking at the impact for ethnic minorities have reported inconsistent findings. This paper describes the mental health experiences of mothers from a large and highly ethnically diverse population during the pandemic, using secondary analysis of existing data from three COVID-19 research studies completed in Bradford and London (Tower Hamlets and Newham). A total of 2807 mothers participated in this study with 44% White British, 23% Asian/Asian British Pakistani, 8% Other White and 7% Asian/Asian British Bangladeshi backgrounds. We found that 28% of mothers experienced clinically important depressive symptoms and 21% anxiety symptoms during the pandemic. In unadjusted analyses, mothers from White Other, and Asian/Asian British Bangladeshi backgrounds had higher odds of experiencing symptoms, whilst mothers from Asian/Asian British Indian backgrounds were the least likely to experience symptoms. Once loneliness, social support and financial insecurity were controlled for, there were no statistically significant differences in depression and anxiety by ethnicity. Mental health problems experienced during the pandemic may have longer term consequences for public health. Policy and decision makers must have an understanding of the high risk of financial insecurity, loneliness and a lack of social support on mother’s mental health, and also recognise that some ethnic groups are far more likely to experience these issues and are, therefore, more vulnerable to poor mental health as a consequence.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by The Health Foundation COVID-19 Award (2301201), with further contributions from a Wellcome Trust infrastructure grant (WT101597MA); a joint grant from the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and UK Economic and Social Science Research Council (ESRC) (MR/N024391/1); the National Institute for Health Research under its Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber (NIHR200166); ActEarly UK Prevention Research Partnership Consortium (MR/S037527/1); Better Start Bradford through The National Lottery Community Fund; and the British Heart Foundation (CS/16/4/32482). The research conducted in London was funded by UKRI-ESRC ES/V004891/1 (Tower Hamlets), and by London Borough of Newham Public Health. Heys was supported by the NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.isreferencedbyhttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114316en_US
dc.rights© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectEthnicityen_US
dc.subjectEthnic minoritiesen_US
dc.subjectHealth inequalitiesen_US
dc.subjectDeprivationen_US
dc.titleThe Impact of the Pandemic on Mental Health in Ethnically Diverse Mothers: Findings from the Born in Bradford, Tower Hamlets and Newham COVID-19 Research Programmesen_US
dc.status.refereedYesen_US
dc.date.Accepted2022-10-28
dc.date.application2022-11-02
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.type.versionPublished versionen_US
dc.rights.licenseCC-BYen_US
dc.date.updated2022-11-03T17:22:44Z
refterms.dateFOA2022-11-08T11:34:36Z
dc.openaccess.statusopenAccessen_US


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