| Interviewee | COLEMAN, Jabina (b. 1982) |
| Interview ID # | OH 2064 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | For the Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project. Jabina Coleman is a reproductive psychotherapist and a board-certified lactation consultant. She discusses her work as a social worker, and her work on Black maternal mental health and perinatal mood disorders like postpartum depression. She discusses her businesses, Life House Lactation & Perinatal Services and Breastfeeding Awareness and Empowerment (BAE). The interview also focuses on her work as a co-founder of Postpartum Support International (PSI)’s Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color in 2017. Mention of her co-founders, Desiree Israel and Divya Kumar, and of PSI’s Wendy Davis. Mention of her own postpartum experience with postpartum depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). |
| Interviewer(s) | Rachel Louise Moran |
| Physical Description | 42 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Closed until November 3 2025 |
