Digital Health Needs of Women With Postpartum Depression: Focus Group Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although approximately 10% of new mothers in Canada develop postpartum depression (PPD), they face many barriers when accessing care. eHealth offers a unique opportunity to provide psychosocial skills and support to new mothers; however, patient populations are not consistently engaged in eHealth development processes. Thus, the diversity of women's backgrounds and needs are often not reflected in existing tools.

Objective

This study aims to engage women from a variety of backgrounds and locations around British Columbia (BC) who have previously experienced PPD to determine the unmet psychoeducational needs of women with PPD and how a web-enabled platform used to deliver psychosocial skills and education to assist in the management of PPD could fulfill those needs

SUBMITTER: Lackie ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7817361 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature