Barriers and facilitators for referring women with positive perinatal depression screening results in China: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Timely screening and referral can improve the outcomes of perinatal depression (PND). However, uptake rates of referral after PND screening are low in China and the reasons are unclear. The aim of this article is to explore the barriers and facilitators for referring women with positive results of PND screening in the Chinese primary maternal health care system.

Methods

Qualitative data were collected from four primary health centers located in four different provinces of China. Each of the four investigators conducted 30 days of participant observations in the primary health centers from May to August 2020. Data were collected via participant observations and semi-structured in-depth interviews with new mothers who had positive results of PND screening, their fam

SUBMITTER: Xue W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10074342 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature