Association Between Perceived Racial Bias and Postpartum Depression Indicators New Jersey Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (NJ PRAMS) 2017-2020

PPD is significantly associated with adverse MCH outcomes, but little is known about how racial bias influences PPD outcomes . This study examines the association between racial bias and PPD among BP in NJ using PRAMS, 2017-2020. The findings warrant the need to scale up the implementation of implicit and explicit bias training, educate the perinatal workforce, on the impact of structural racism on MCH outcomes, the roles of conscious and unconscious bias in decision-making, and encourage providers to identify internal systems that may be contributing to those persisting racial biases and work to change them.