ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2014
The Public's views of mental health in pregnant and postpartum women: a population-based study.
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- Perinatal mental health literacy: knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking among perinatal women and the public - a systematic review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Pooled it
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- Awareness, Attitudes, and Help-Seeking Intention Towards Perinatal Depression Among Women from Different Ethnic Groups in Western Rural China.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Mental health literacy on postpartum depression among university staff in Nigeria.Discover mental health · 2025Article
- Awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of the Belgian general population towards paternal perinatal depression: a descriptive cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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- African Immigrant Mothers' Views of Perinatal Mental Health and Acceptability of Perinatal Mental Health Screening: Quantitative Cross-sectional Survey Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Improving knowledge, attitudes and beliefs: a cross-sectional study of postpartum depression awareness among social support networks during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Factors associated with the mental health status of pregnant women in China: A latent class analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Experience of Healthcare Professionals Providing Mental Health Services to Mothers with Postpartum Depression: A qualitative study.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2021Article
- Postpartum Depression in the Portuguese Population: The Role of Knowledge, Attitudes and Help-Seeking Propensity in Intention to Recommend Professional Help-Seeking.Community mental health journal · 2020Article
- Perinatal Distress and Depression in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Australian Women: The Role of Psychosocial and Obstetric Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Level of awareness and treatment of anxiety and depression during pregnancy in southeast Nigeria.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2018Article
- Antenatal psychosocial risk status and Australian women's use of primary care and specialist mental health services in the year after birth: a prospective study.BMC women's health · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe used population-based data to determine the public's views of prenatal and postnatal mental health and to identify predictors of those views.
methodsA computer-assisted telephone survey was conducted by the Population Health Laboratory (University of Alberta) with a random sample of participants from the province of Alberta, Canada. Respondents were eligible to participate if they were: 1) ≥18 years; and 2) contacted by direct dialing. Questions were drawn from the Perinatal Depression Monitor, an Australian population-based survey on perinatal mental health; additional questions were developed and tested to reflect the Canadian context. Descriptive and multivariable regression analyses were conducted.
resultsAmong the 1207 respondents, 74.7% had post-secondary education, 16.3% were in childbearing years, and over half (57.4%) reported knowing a woman who had experienced postpartum depression. Significantly more respondents had high levels of knowledge of postnatal (87.4%) than prenatal (70.5%) mental health (p < .01). Only 26.6% of respondents accurately identified that prenatal anxiety/depression could negatively impact child development. Personal knowledge of a woman with postpartum depression was a significant predictor of prenatal and postnatal mental health knowledge.
conclusionsWhile the public's knowledge of postnatal mental health is high, knowledge regarding prenatal mental health and its influence on child development is limited. Strategies for improving perinatal mental health literacy should target these knowledge deficits.
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