ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2022
A qualitative study of the impact of peer support on women's mental health treatment experiences during the perinatal period.
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- Women's Experiences of Care and Support Following Postpartum Psychosis: A Meta-Ethnography.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Identifying and synthesizing components of perinatal mental health peer support - a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Women's experiences of specialist perinatal mental health services: a qualitative evidence synthesis.Archives of women's mental health · 2023Pooled it
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- "Lost in translation?": A qualitative exploration of digital perinatal mental health resource use among migrant women.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- "Remember One Size Doesn't Fit All": A Scoping Review of Postpartum Supports for Neurodivergent Mothers.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Exploring perinatal mental well-being: a concept analysis from conception to one year postpartum.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Review
- Reframing obstetric care through a trauma-informed lens: A narrative review of trauma-informed principles and clinical applications.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Interventions that prevent or reduce perinatal loneliness and its proximal determinants: a restricted scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Prenatal alcohol exposure before pregnancy awareness: a thematic analysis of online forum comments and misinformation.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Opportunities to sustain matricentric models of community and person-centered care for perinatal substance use in the postFrontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Barriers to professional psychological help among pregnant women in China: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Parents' Perceptions of Their Parenting Journeys and a Mobile App Intervention (Parentbot-A Digital Healthcare Assistant): Qualitative Process Evaluation.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- IMplementation of the Preterm Birth Surveillance PAthway: a RealisT evaluation (The IMPART Study).Implementation science communications · 2024Article
- Racial and ethnic disparities in access to community-based perinatal mental health programs: results from a cross-sectional survey.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Leveraging the interpersonal context of child development to promote family resilience: A universal prevention approach from preconception through early childhood.Mental health & prevention · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPerinatal mental health problems are prevalent, affecting up to 20% of women However, only 17-25% receive formal support during the perinatal period. In this qualitative study, we sought to examine women's experiences with peer support for mental health problems during the perinatal period.
methodsSemi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with twenty-five mothers from the UK who had utilised peer support for a perinatal mental health problem. Data was analysed using thematic analysis.
resultsSeven major themes were identified in women's help seeking process and experience of peer support. These included; perinatal specific precipitating factors that contributed to their mental health problems, barriers in the form of unhelpful professional responses, feelings of isolation, acceptance of the problem and need to actively re-seek support, finding support either through luck or peer assistance.
conclusionPeer support showed promise as an effective means to reduce perinatal mental health difficulties; either as a form of formal support or as an adjunct to formal support. The results highlight ways to improve perinatal women's access to mental health support through peer-based mechanisms.
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