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Stepped care for maternal mental health: a case study of the perinatal mental health project in South Africa.
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88 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Uptake of referrals for women with positive perinatal depression screening results and the effectiveness of interventions to increase uptake: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2020Pooled it
- Noncommunicable diseases among HIV-infected persons in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.AIDS (London, England) · 2018Pooled it
- Innovative approaches for improving maternal and newborn health--A landscape analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2015Pooled it
- Reliability and validity of instruments for assessing perinatal depression in African settings: systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2013Pooled it
- Home Visiting and Antenatal Depression Affect the Quality of Mother and Child Interactions in South Africa.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2019Trial
- Antenatal depressed mood and child cognitive and physical growth at 18-months in South Africa: a cluster randomised controlled trial of home visiting by community health workers.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2018Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of a home-visiting intervention on infant cognitive development in peri-urban South Africa.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2016Trial
- Intimate Partner Violence and Depression Symptom Severity among South African Women during Pregnancy and Postpartum: Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study.PLoS medicine · 2016Trial
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- Community-based prenatal screening for postpartum depression in a South African township.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2014Trial
- The process of overcoming challenges faced by midwives providing perinatal mental health care in obstetric facilities in Okinawa, Japan: A qualitative study.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS · 2026Article
- Integrating perinatal mental health screening into primary maternal healthcare services in Vietnam - a realist evaluation.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Identification, Prevention, and Treatment of Perinatal Depression in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review.Biological psychiatry · 2026Review
- Working toward a stepped-care model of postnatal mental healthcare to improve access: the Theory of Change approach.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Screening and detection of perinatal depression by non-physician primary healthcare workers in Nigeria.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Models and key elements of integrated perinatal mental health care: A scoping review.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Integrating Mental Health Services Into Perinatal Care: Challenges and Opportunities.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Assessing the Quality of Maternal Mental Illness Care Across Maternity Care Settings in Southwestern Uganda.Cureus · 2024Article
- Addressing the challenges of integrating care for perinatal depression in primary care in Nigeria.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Prevalence of perinatal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
As one article in a series on Global Mental Health Practice, Simone Honikman and colleagues from South Africa provide a case study of the Perinatal Mental Health Project, which delivered mental health care to pregnant women in a collaborative, step-wise manner, making use of existing resources in primary care.
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