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ReviewFrontiers in health services2026

Interventions to support postpartum health and well-being of parents with infants in neonatal intensive care units: a scoping review.

S Verbiest, K Bryant, E McClain, E Morris, E Cox, S T Wright, I Asiodu, A Stuebe

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Review in Frontiers in health services, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

S VerbiestSchool of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
K BryantCollaborative for Maternal and Infant Health, Department of OB/GYN, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
E McClainCollaborative for Maternal and Infant Health, Department of OB/GYN, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
E MorrisCollaborative for Maternal and Infant Health, Department of OB/GYN, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
E CoxDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
S T WrightHealth Sciences Library, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
I AsioduMotivating Interdisciplinary Lactation Knowledge (MILK) Research Lab, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
A StuebeCollaborative for Maternal and Infant Health, Department of OB/GYN, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The postpartum period is particularly vulnerable for families with an infant in the NICU, where stress, separation, and parental health needs are common. This scoping review, conducted in accordance with PRISMA-ScR guidelines, identifies interventions supporting the postpartum health and well-being of NICU parents. Electronic searches included articles from January 1, 2014, to April 18, 2024, published in English that included more than 20 participants from high-income countries. After duplicate removal, 4,799 abstracts were screened, and 87 articles met inclusion criteria via dual review. Interventions were grouped into six categories: postpartum physical and social care; mental health care; NICU design and technology; parent-infant interaction enhancement; family-centered care; and infant care and development education. Family-centered care, parent-infant interaction enhancement, and infant care education improved parental well-being. However, gaps remain regarding interventions focused on improving parental physical and mental health, signaling the need for studies addressing postpartum health in the NICU.

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family-centered carematernal healthneonatal intensive care unitsNICU mental healthNICU parents healthpostpartum

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PMID42529226
PMCPMC13416434

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