A qualitative study of minority ethnic women's experiences of access to and engagement with perinatal mental health care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approximately one in five women will experience mental health difficulties in the perinatal period. However, for a large group of women, symptoms of adverse perinatal mental health remain undetected and untreated. This is even more so for women of ethnic minority background, who face a variety of barriers which prevents them from accessing appropriate perinatal mental health care.

Aims

To explore minority ethnic women's experiences of access to and engagement with perinatal mental health care.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 women who had been diagnosed with perinatal mental health difficulties and who were supported in the community by a specialist perinatal mental health service in South London, United Kingdom. Women who self-ide

SUBMITTER: Pilav S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9116695 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature