Barriers and facilitators to supporting women with postnatal depression and anxiety: A qualitative study of maternal and child health nurses' experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

To explore maternal and child health nurses' experiences of supporting women with postnatal depression and anxiety and the factors which impact these.

Background

Maternal and child health nurses play a key role in identifying women with postnatal depression and anxiety and facilitating their access to appropriate supports. Understanding how nurses carryout this work, and the conditions which impact their ability to do so, is critical to the development of service delivery frameworks that can facilitate optimal outcomes for women and their families. Despite this, little is known about this subject.

Design

A qualitative descriptive study.

Methods

Participants were maternal and child health nurses practicing for at least six months and regularl

SUBMITTER: Arefadib N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078709 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature