Literature Evaluation Table 

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Criteria  Article 1  Article 2  Article 3  Article 4 
Author,  Alang, S. M.  McLeod, M. N., Watson, H., Harrop, D.,  Arday, J. Social
Journal (Peer- Health services Heller, D., Manze, Walton, E., Young, A., & Sciences, 7(10), 196.
Reviewed), research, 54(2), M. G., & Soltani, H. (2019). PloS https://doi.org/10.3390
and   346-355. Echeverria, S. E. one, 14(1), e0210587. /socsci7100196
Permalink or https://doi.org/10. (Journal of racial https://doi.org/10.1371/
Working Link 1111/1475- and ethnic health journal.pone.0210587
to Access 6773.13115 disparities, 7(1),
Article  10-27.
  https://doi.org/10.1
007/s40615-019-
00629-1
Article Title  Mental health  Police interactions A systematic review of Understanding mental
and Year care among and the mental ethnic minority women's health: what are the
Published  blacks in health of Black experiences of perinatal issues for black and
  America: Americans: A mental health conditions ethnic minority
Confronting systematic and services in Europe.  students at
racism and review. (2020) (2019) university?  (2018)
constructing
solutions. (2019)
Research  The article  The objective of  The purpose of the review The study addresses
Questions focuses on the systematic is to analyze the experience the issues affecting
(Qualitative)/H describing the literature review is among ethnic minority ethnic minorities
ypothesis causes of to assess if or not women concerning concerning college
(Quantitative)   unsatisfied interacting with perinatal mental ill health access to mental health
  necessities for law enforcement and perinatal mental health services.  It also
Purposes/Aim mental health agencies is care in Europe. emphasizes obstacles
of Study  care among the associated with to access to mental
black mental outcomes health among
community, among blacks minorities and the
recognizing effect on attaining
factors related to desirable
the unsatisfied psychological well-
needs, evaluating being and outcomes.
racism as a cause
of the unmet
needs, and
establishing
means of
improving

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Design (Type of The authors used  The article used a The research used both The study used a
Quantitative, both qualitative quantitative qualitative and qualitative design. 
or Type of and quantitative design. quantitative.
Qualitative)  designs. 
 
Setting/Sample  The setting is in No setting. No setting.  The setting is the
  the community. The article The study evaluates fifteen university. The sample
The sample analyzed eight articles undertaken in the includes thirty-two
includes African studies United Kingdom that BME university
Americans and concerning entailed women from students who had faced
non-Latino ethnic backgrounds. discrimination and
mental health
Blacks. The inequality while
disparities and
research also seeking mental health
analyzed other legal services.
articles enforcement
concerning agencies among
mental health Blacks.
disparities among
black adults.  
Methods:  The research  The researchers This study was a  The research used 32
Intervention/In utilizes an conducted a a mixed method systematic open-ended and semi-
struments  explanatory systematic review review. Two independent structured
  sequential mixed that was listed in researchers conducted data questionnaires to
methods design. PROSPERO and extraction, appraisal, and collect the needed
analyzed study selection. There was information.
Preferred the adoption of a
Reporting Items convergent approach for
for Meta-Analyses analyzing and thematic
(PRISMA) synthesis of data.
principles and
Systematic
Reviews.
Analysis   Alang (2019)  McLeod et al. Watson et al. (2019) clarify  Arday (2018)
  provides (2020) offer a that females from ethnic indicates that Black
extensive details perspective on if minority groups, including and Minority Ethnic
on how health and how the nature the black community, are (BME) communities
insurance, health of policies in the at a higher risk of mental are still experiencing
status, economic, United States health issues. Inadequate inequalities across the
and impacts blacks' perinatal mental health mental health system
sociodemographi mental health. A affects maternal mortality in the United Kingdom
c attributes are special and morbidity and may despite significant
linked with relationship exists severely affect the well- government policy
causes of unmet between poor being of families and initiatives. Most ethnic
mental health mental health and children. The authors insist communities still face
needs among undesirable that it is vital to ensure that many challenges while
blacks. Stigma is interactions with the services are developed trying to access higher
prevalent among legal enforcement to satisfy the needs of all education. BME
young black officers in the women from various learners pursuing
adults between black community. backgrounds. higher education
 eighteen and Such impact is constantly experience
twenty-five, prevalent also in obstacles while
which other ethnic seeking mental health
significantly minorities in the services, such as not
obstructs seeking United States. understanding how and
mental health where to look for
services from assistance,
professionals. communication issues,
and lack of cultural
understanding.

Key Findings   The study's  The research The findings indicate that  The study suggested
  findings suggest findings indicate fragmented and culturally significant variation in
that programs that Black insensitive health services, healthcare outcomes
and policies can Americans cultural expectations, among university
minimize experiencing dismissive and culturally students from the
unsatisfied police interactions incompetent medical minorities with mental
mental health have more professionals, and an illnesses. The students
needs among the significant mental absence of awareness continue to face
black health problems concerning mental health unconcealed
community. For than those without affects the capacity of discrimination. The
instance, similar women from ethnic BME learners also do
minimizing the experiences. The minorities to receive not have access to
uninsurance rate study also sufficient perinatal mental culturally competent
among blacks suggested that the health care. services aware of
could help reduce prevalence of law racialized
the number of enforcement predicaments.
people with officers killing
unmet needs due unarmed blacks
to the high cost affects their mental
of seeking care. health.
Moreover, stigma
reduction
programs could
be vital in
emphasizing
emotional health,
and incorporating
mental health
with other health
care services
could minimize
health disparities.
Recommendati The article The research More information should The sample used is
ons  should evaluate should have used be included on how women significantly small. A
  how the more sources to seeking perinatal mental bigger population
prevalence of derive a more health support end up could guarantee a
unmet mental reliable having mental health issues better outcome. 
health needs conclusion. The when their children are not
could affect the study should well given proper care.
 student's suggest how
performance.  blacks should
avoid mental
health problems by
improving their
interactions with
police. 
Explanation of The study The article  The study supports the The article supports
How the supports the supports the capstone by explaining the capstone by
Article capstone as it capstone since it how insufficient perinatal indicating how black
Supports evaluates the focuses on how mental health support learners experience
EBP/Capstone various causes of affects black children and mental health
police
Project  unmet mental their families. disparities.
  health needs and
interactions
how they can be negatively
alleviated. impact black
people's mental
health.
 

 
Criteria  Article 5  Article 6  Article 7  Article 8 
Author,  Woods-Giscombe, C.  Lipson, S. K., Kern, Turner, N., Hastings,  Gara, M. A.,
Journal L., Allen, A. M., A., Eisenberg, D., & J. F., & Neighbors, H. Minsky, S.,
(Peer- Black, A. R., Steed, T. Breland-Noble, A. M. W. Aging & mental Silverstein, S. M.,
Reviewed), C., Li, Y., & Lackey, Journal of Adolescent health, 23(7), 905-911. Miskimen, T., &
and   C. Issues in mental Health, 63(3), 348- Strakowski, S. M.
https://doi.org/
Permalink health nursing. 356. Psychiatric
10.1080/13607863.201 Services, 70(2),
or Working https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.1016
Link to 8.1453484 130-134.
10.1080/01612840.201 /j.jadohealth.2018.04.0
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Article Title The Giscombe Mental health Mental health care A naturalistic study
and Year superwoman schema disparities among treatment seeking among of racial disparities
Published  questionnaire: college students of African Americans and in diagnoses at an
  Psychometric color.  (2018) Caribbean Blacks: what outpatient
properties and is the role of behavioral health
associations with religiosity/spirituality? clinic.  (2019)
mental health and (2019)
health behaviors in
African American
women. (2019)
Research  The research focuses  The study aims at  This study aimed to  The research
Questions on examining the comprehending the provide light on the utilized electronic
(Qualitative Giscombe mental condition of connections between medical record
)/Hypothesi Superwoman Schema learners of color, ethnicity, religiosity, and (EMR) outpatient
s Questionnaire's including the the utilization of mental data to evaluate if
(Quantitativ psychometric incidence of mental health services. The blacks with
e)  attributes health issues and the study aimed to schizoaffective
    use of mental health understand better why disorder or
Purposes/ services. older African American schizophrenia had a
Aim of individuals use less higher likelihood of
Study  mental health care than testing positive for
younger persons in two major depression
Black ethnic groupings. than non-Latinos.
This study also looked
into if more profound
spiritual/religious beliefs
were linked to a higher
risk of accessing mental
health services.
Design The research used The research used  The research used The research
(Type of qualitative design. qualitative design. qualitative design. usesdqualitative des
Quantitativ ign.
e, or Type
of
Qualitative) 
 
Setting/  The setting is not  The setting is in  There is no setting. The  The setting is a
Sample  determined. university. sample included hospital.
  The sample in all the The sample includes English-speaking The sample
studies entails females graduate and individuals who were includes patients
who offered undergraduate eighteen years or older. whose EMR data
qualitative data to help students. was utilized.
in developing
the SWS Conceptual
Framework.
Methods: The study used  The Qualtrics The study used  Data was collected
Interventio purposive sampling software was used in probability sampling. from regular
n/Instrume and collected data the collection of data. Data was collected clinical operations.
nts  through meetings. through face-to-face Logistic regression
  Cronbach's alpha was analysis was
interviews.
used to examine utilized to analyze
internal consistency data.
reliability.
Analysis   The article indicates a The authors indicate  The article illustrates  The authors
  strong connection that mental health how older adults with confirmed that
between adverse and the use of mental health problems more African
health outcomes and mental health give numerous reasons Americans
psychological stress services are vital for not adequately diagnosed with
among black females. utilizing mental health schizophrenia are
elements in
Various researchers services, such as likely to have
have tried to explain examining the inadequate financial comparatively
the relationship growing landscape support, absence of severe depression
between of the United States transport services, and competed to non-
psychophysiological, in higher education. inadequate knowledge of Latino whites.
health behaviors, and Nearly 40 percent of the presence of sources. However, the
 stress influencing the students impact is not
multiple physical and enrolling in dominant in
mental results. The universities and schizoaffective
study also confirms colleges are students disorder. Thus it is
that African American more prevalent in
of color. The higher
women witness schizophrenia due
numerous experiences,
education population to a rise in mood
such as racialized and has remarkable symptoms.
gendered stress, which importance for
impact health mental health policy
disparities. because about three-
quarters of mental
health problems
begin in their mid-
twenties and could
significantly impact
adults' productivity.
Key The findings of the The study findings The findings indicate  The research
Findings  study offer early suggest less that potent spiritual and findings indicate
  evidence for SWS-Q treatment utilization religious beliefs can that African
psychometric among black improve mental American patients
attributes. There is learners than white healthcare use. More diagnosed with
support for construct studies should evaluate schizophrenia were
learners despite
validity, temporal the importance of more likely to have
stability, internal controlling for other spiritual and religious major depression
consistency, and factor regression model beliefs on mental than non-Latino
structure for the G- variables. The healthcare use. whites. The
SWS-Q. The findings variance in attitude conditions lead to
also indicate that G- towards mental many healthcare
SWS-Q could be health treatment professionals
utilized in enhancing contributes to ignoring the
the comprehension of drawing conclusions. importance of mood
how SWS leads to Students of color symptoms among
psychosocial well- African Americans
have numerous
being. than other patient
unsatisfied mental populations.
health needs.
Recommen The article utilized too  More emphasis  The article should use The article should
dations  much technical jargon, should be made on more evidence on how consider including
  which could be hard to how unsolved mental spiritual and religious points on how
comprehend. A more health needs could beliefs enhance mental healthcare
straightforward impact the health among the black professionals can
language could productivity of the population. ensure that they do
enhance students. not overlook the
comprehension.  symptoms in
African American
patients.  
Explanation The development of The article supports The article supports The study supports
of How the the SWS-Q could the capstone. It points capstone since it focuses the capstones since
Article assist in alleviating out how students of on how to improve it evaluates the
Supports mental health color usually have mental health use prevalence of major
EBP/Capsto problems among unmet mental health through the use of depression in
ne  blacks, eliminating the needs.   spiritual and religious African Americans
  disparity. beliefs.s with schizophrenia.