SynthesisPloS one2022
Health care professionals' experiences of screening immigrant mothers for postpartum depression-a qualitative systematic review.
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- Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Perinatal Mood, Anxiety, and Related Disorders: Guide de pratique 2024 du Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments pour le traitement des troubles de l'humeur, des troubles anxieux et des troubles connexes périnatals.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2025Guideline
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- Equitable and culturally sensitive perinatal mental health screening and referral for all: experiences and needs from primary care and community-based healthcare providers.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and interventions for postpartum depression: Systematic review.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
- Diagnosis of Perinatal Mental Health Conditions Following Medicaid Expansion to Include Low-Income Immigrants.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Perception of Paternal Postpartum Depression among Healthcare Professionals: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Postpartum depression and life experiences of mothers with an immigrant background living in the south of Sweden.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Article
- The Role of Organizational Factors in Nurses' Perceived Preparedness to Screen, Intervene and Refer in Cases of Suspected Postpartum Depression.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionPostpartum depression is considered a major public health problem, which immigrant mothers are at particular risk of being affected by, but it can also have long-lasting traumatic effects on the child's health and development. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale is the world's most commonly employed screening instrument for postpartum depression, used in connection with a clinical interview to screen for symptoms of postpartum depression. The aim of this study was to synthesize health care professionals (HCPs) experiences of identifying signs of postpartum depression and performing screening on immigrant mothers, since previous research suggested that this task might be challenging.
methodsThe databases CINAHL, PubMed, PsycINFO, SocINDEX, Embase and Cochrane were searched for papers published January 2000-December 2020, reporting qualitative data on immigrants, postpartum depression and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. Eight papers representing eight studies from four countries were included and the Critical Appraisal Skills Program was used to assess their quality. The synthesis of studies was guided by Noblit & Hare's seven-step method based on meta-ethnography.
findingsThe synthesis resulted in two final themes: "I do my best, but I doubt that it's enough" and "I can find no way forward". The themes convey the fear and frustration that health care professionals experienced; fear of missing mothers with signs of postpartum depression, related to feeling uncomfortable in the cross-cultural setting and frustration in handling difficulties associated with communication, translated versions of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and cultural implications of postpartum depression. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATION: By supporting HCPs' self-efficacy in handling cultural implications of postpartum depression and by developing evidence-based clinical guidelines for the use of interpreters and translated versions of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale the screening of immigrant mothers may be facilitated.
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