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Prenatal Mindfulness Training and Race-Related Vigilance: A Mixed-Methods Study Among Pregnant Women at Risk for Hypertensive Disorders.

Key takeaways

This study looked at 53 pregnant women of color who were at risk for high blood pressure. It tested if mindfulness training helped them handle stress from discrimination. The study is small, so the results are not yet strong proof.

Who did this work

Gregory R (Regan Gregory, MPH, Graduate Research Assistant, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island. Natalie Watson-Singleton, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. Amanda Desmarattes, BA, Clinical Research Assistant, Brown University Health, Providence, Rhode Island. Shaquanna Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Ghada Bourjeily, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Nkenna Odom, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Melissa Guillen, MA, Sr Research Project Director, Brown University Health, Providence, Rhode Island. Kate M. Guthrie, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Margaret H. Bublitz, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.) · Watson-Singleton N · Desmarattes A · Brown S · Bourjeily G · Odom N · Guillen M · Guthrie KM · Bublitz MH

Source

Article · Europe PMC, CKD mind-body · 2026-09-23
https://doi.org/10.1097/jcn.0000000000001395