Inequalities in the identification and management of common mental disorders in the perinatal period: An equity focused re-analysis of a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Maternal mental health problems in the perinatal period can cause significant distress and loss of functioning, and can have lasting impact on children. People living in disadvantage are at risk of health inequalities, including for perinatal mental health. A review of current guidance found that overall implementation of the UK detection and management strategy was satisfactory, but equity was not considered in the review. Greater understanding of implementation equity is needed. We aimed to reanalyse an existing systematic review on the implementation of current guidance for the identification and management of perinatal mental health problems for equity.

Methods

Studies reporting the presence or absence of variation by a social, economic or demographic group wer

SUBMITTER: Prady SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7959342 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature