Latino family support is key to postpartum health
Latino family support is key to postpartum health
- November 24, 2025
- Isabel Almeida, Chicano/Latino studies, explains in this interview with KMEX TV-34 (Univision Los Angeles), Nov. 24, 2025 (segment begins at 13:45)
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A study from the University of California, Irvine, found that cultural values play a very important role during the time period when parents form connections with their newborns. Today, we’re speaking with lead author of the study [and UC Irvine professor of Chicano/Latino studies], Isabel Almeida. … “We found that Latina mothers who feel closer to their families – or who feel that they have more support from their families – experienced less symptoms of depression and stress one year after the baby’s birth,” says Almeida.
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