Identifying and Taking Action on the Protective and Risk Factors of Black Maternal Mental Health: Protocol for Community-Based Participatory Study

Priscilla N Boakye   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Kenneth Fung   ^{2 *} , MSc, MD ;   Mawuko Setordzi   ^{3 *} , MPhil ;   Egbe B Etowa   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Rosanra Yoon   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Josephine Etowa   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Feven Desta   ^{1 *} , MSN ;   Nana Ama Tiwaa-Boateng   ^{1 *} , MSc ;   Modupe Tunde-Byass   ^{5 *} , MBBS ;   Janet Yamada   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Karline Wilson-Mitchell   ^{1 *} , DrNP ;   Cynthia Maxwell   ^{6 *} , MBA, MD ;   Crystal T Clark   ^{6 *} , MD, MSc ;   Josephine Pui-Hing Wong   ^{1 *} , PhD

¹ Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada

² University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ Western University, London, ON, Canada

⁴ University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁵ University of Toronto, North York General Hospital, Toronto, Canada

⁶ University of Toronto, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

*all authors contributed equally