Improving education in perinatal mental health, a participatory qualitative analysis
Abstract A recent systematic review found that education programs in perinatal mental health (PMH) had limited effects on detection, referral, and support of parents with perinatal mental health problems. This participative qualitative study (i.e. co-production by academic researchers and researcher...
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| author | Marine Dubreucq Corinne Dupont Mathilde Thiollier Sarah Tebeka Pierre Fourneret Marion Leboyer Sylvie Viaux-Savelon Catherine Massoubre Julien Dubreucq |
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| description | Abstract A recent systematic review found that education programs in perinatal mental health (PMH) had limited effects on detection, referral, and support of parents with perinatal mental health problems. This participative qualitative study (i.e. co-production by academic researchers and researchers with lived experience as equal partners) sought to explore the experiences, views and priorities of persons with lived experience (PWLEs), obstetric providers, childcare health providers and mental health providers (MHPs) on education in PMH. We conducted nine focus groups and 24 individual interviews (n = 84 participants: 24 PWLEs; 30 obstetric providers; 11 childcare health providers and 19 MHPs). We used Braun & Clarke’s inductive six-step process in the thematic analysis. We found some degree of difference in the priorities for education in PMH identified by PWLEs (e.g. person-centred collaborative perinatal healthcare) and providers (e.g. knowledge about perinatal mental health problems). Providers considered PMH assessment as part of their role (except for parents with suicidal ideations or serious mental illness) but reported feeling ill-prepared to do so. Organisational factors comprised PMH integration into standard perinatal healthcare and common culture between non-MHPs and MHPs. Education programs in PMH should be co-designed with PWLEs and focus on providing collaborative person-centred care for all parents. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7e1495bd6d14b45bbd5dfaeebdbfd8e2025-08-20T04:01:35ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-07-011511910.1038/s41598-025-04781-zImproving education in perinatal mental health, a participatory qualitative analysisMarine Dubreucq0Corinne Dupont1Mathilde Thiollier2Sarah Tebeka3Pierre Fourneret4Marion Leboyer5Sylvie Viaux-Savelon6Catherine Massoubre7Julien Dubreucq8Centre Référent de Réhabilitation Psychosociale REHALISEUniversity Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Research on Healthcare Performance (RESHAPE), INSERM U1290Maman Blues Patient Representatives AssociationUniversité de Paris, INSERM UMR1266, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Team 1Department of Psychopathology of Child and Adolescent Development, Hospices Civils de LyonFondation FondaMentalMarc Jeannerod Institute of Cognitive Sciences UMR 5229, CNRS & Claude Bernard UniversityUniversity Hospital of Saint-Étienne & EA 7423 (Troubles du Comportement Alimentaire, Addictions et Poids Extrêmes (TAPE)), Université Jean MonnetMarc Jeannerod Institute of Cognitive Sciences UMR 5229, CNRS & Claude Bernard UniversityAbstract A recent systematic review found that education programs in perinatal mental health (PMH) had limited effects on detection, referral, and support of parents with perinatal mental health problems. This participative qualitative study (i.e. co-production by academic researchers and researchers with lived experience as equal partners) sought to explore the experiences, views and priorities of persons with lived experience (PWLEs), obstetric providers, childcare health providers and mental health providers (MHPs) on education in PMH. We conducted nine focus groups and 24 individual interviews (n = 84 participants: 24 PWLEs; 30 obstetric providers; 11 childcare health providers and 19 MHPs). We used Braun & Clarke’s inductive six-step process in the thematic analysis. We found some degree of difference in the priorities for education in PMH identified by PWLEs (e.g. person-centred collaborative perinatal healthcare) and providers (e.g. knowledge about perinatal mental health problems). Providers considered PMH assessment as part of their role (except for parents with suicidal ideations or serious mental illness) but reported feeling ill-prepared to do so. Organisational factors comprised PMH integration into standard perinatal healthcare and common culture between non-MHPs and MHPs. Education programs in PMH should be co-designed with PWLEs and focus on providing collaborative person-centred care for all parents.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-04781-zMidwiferyEducationPerinatal mental health problemsCo-productionParticipatory research |
| spellingShingle | Marine Dubreucq Corinne Dupont Mathilde Thiollier Sarah Tebeka Pierre Fourneret Marion Leboyer Sylvie Viaux-Savelon Catherine Massoubre Julien Dubreucq Improving education in perinatal mental health, a participatory qualitative analysis Scientific Reports Midwifery Education Perinatal mental health problems Co-production Participatory research |
| title | Improving education in perinatal mental health, a participatory qualitative analysis |
| title_full | Improving education in perinatal mental health, a participatory qualitative analysis |
| title_fullStr | Improving education in perinatal mental health, a participatory qualitative analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving education in perinatal mental health, a participatory qualitative analysis |
| title_short | Improving education in perinatal mental health, a participatory qualitative analysis |
| title_sort | improving education in perinatal mental health a participatory qualitative analysis |
| topic | Midwifery Education Perinatal mental health problems Co-production Participatory research |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-04781-z |
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