Women's engagement with community perinatal mental health services: a realist evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recognition of the burden of Perinatal Mental Health problems, NHS England invested £365 million to transform women's access to mental health care, including investment in Community Perinatal Mental Health Services. This study examined how elements of provider care affected women's engagement with these services.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 139 women and explored their experiences of care from 10 different Community Perinatal Mental Health Teams; including which service components participants believed made a difference to their initial and continued engagement. Realist analysis was used to create context-mechanism-outcome configurations (CMOCs) across interviews, since not all parts of the configurations were always articulated withi

SUBMITTER: Fisher L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11232178 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature