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Engaging women at risk for poor perinatal mental health outcomes: a mixed-methods study

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posted on 2023-05-18, 17:46 authored by Myors, KA, Johnson, M, Cleary, M, Schmied, V
Risk factors for poor perinatal mental health are well known. Psychosocial assessment and depression screening during the perinatal period aim to identify women at risk for poor perinatal outcomes. Early intervention programmes are known to improve the mental health outcomes of women and infants. Key to any intervention is initial and ongoing engagement in the therapeutic process. This mixed-methods study reports the proportion of women who engage/do not engage with services and their characteristics, as well as the strategies clinicians use to engage women. Data were collected by reviewing medical records, interviewing perinatal and infant mental health (PIMH) clinicians, their managers, key stakeholders, and women service users. Analyses identified that most (71.3%) women referred engaged with the PIMH service. Themes related to non-engagement are 'time to rethink' and 'stigma'. Themes reflecting the engagement strategies used by PIMH clinicians are initial engagement: 'back to basics' and 'building trust', therapeutic engagement: 'making myself useful', engagement at discharge: 'woman or clinician led', and models that facilitate engagement.

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Publication title

International journal of mental health nursing

Volume

24

Pagination

241-52

ISSN

1445-8330

Department/School

School of Nursing

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Place of publication

Australia

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Mental health

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