Home Visiting as an Equitable Intervention for Perinatal Depression: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Maternal mental health disorders are a leading complication of childbirth. While few systems are adequately able to identify and treat depression, people experiencing perinatal depression may benefit from the intervention of home visiting. The intent of home visiting interventions is to alleviate stressors of parenthood for people facing additional risk factors. The aim of this scoping review is to investigate the effect of home visiting on perinatal depression grounded in published studies.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review of the existing literature of studies relevant to perinatal depression and home visiting. We entered keywords in five search databases: MEDLINE, PsycInfo, CINAHL, Social Work Abstracts, and Google Scholar. All relevant literature published

SUBMITTER: Tabb KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8971366 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature