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The process of developing and implementing a telephone-based peer support program for postpartum depression: evidence from two randomized controlled trials.
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- Community-based perinatal mental health peer support: a realist review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Review
- Using the Implementation Research Logic Model as a Lens to View Experiences of Implementing HIV Prevention and Care Interventions with Adolescent Sexual Minority Men-A Global Perspective.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Peer Experiences of Military Spouses with Children with Autism in a Distance Peer Mentoring Program: A Pilot Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
- Community Connectors (CCx): the strategies employed by peer to peer connectors to foster relationships with early years caregivers to improve universal early child health and development.BMC health services research · 2021Article
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- Effectiveness of a Multifaceted Educational Intervention to Enhance Therapeutic Regimen Adherence and Quality of Life Amongst Iranian Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial (MEITRA Study).Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2020Article
- Social Support in the "Fourth Trimester": A Qualitative Analysis of Women at 1 Month and 3 Months Postpartum.The Journal of perinatal education · 2018Article
- HOspitals and patients WoRking in Unity (BMJ open · 2018Article
- The HANS KAI Project: a community-based approach to improving health and well-being through peer support.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2018Article
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- Recommendations for mental health professionals in the NICU.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2015Review
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Abstract
backgroundA randomized controlled trial evaluated the effect of telephone-based peer support on preventing postpartum depression (PPD) among high-risk mothers. The results indicated that support provided by peer volunteers may be an effective preventative strategy. The purpose of this paper is to outline the process of developing, implementing, maintaining, and evaluating the peer support program that we used in this PPD prevention trial.
methodsThe peer support program had been used successfully in a pilot trial and a previous breastfeeding peer support trial. Based on our experience and lessons learned, we developed a 4-phase, 12-step approach so that the peer support model could be copied and used by different health providers in various settings. We will use the PPD prevention trial to demonstrate the suggested steps.
resultsThe trial aim to prevent the onset of PPD was established. Peer volunteers who previously experienced and recovered from self-reported PPD were recruited and attended a four-hour training session. Volunteers were screened and those identified as appropriate to provide support to postpartum mothers were selected. Women who scored more than 9 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale within the first two weeks after childbirth were recruited to participate in the trial and proactive, individualized, telephone-based peer support (mother-to-mother) was provided to those randomized to the intervention group. Peer volunteers maintained the intervention, supported other volunteers, and evaluated the telephone-based support program. Possible negative effects of the intervention were assessed. An in-depth assessment of maternal perspectives of the program at 12 weeks postpartum was performed.
conclusionsThe 4-phase, 12-step approach delineated in this paper provides clear and concise guidelines for health professionals to follow in creating and implementing community-based, peer-support interventions with the potential to prevent PPD.
trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN68337727.
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