BACKGROUND Screening for postnatal depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) has been widely recommended and implemented in primary care, although little is known about how acceptable it is to women. AIM To explore the acceptability to women of postnatal screening by health visitors with the EPDS. DESIGN OF STUDY Qualitative interview study. SETTING Postnatal patien...

BACKGROUND Continuum of care has the potential to improve maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) by ensuring care for mothers and children. Continuum of care in MNCH is widely accepted as comprising sequential time (from pre-pregnancy to motherhood and childhood) and space dimensions (from community-family care to clinical care). However, it is unclear which linkages of care could have a gr...

Background: In low resource countries suboptimal clinical care has been identified a contributor to maternal and infant mortality. This study aimed test the impact of community intervention promoting client demand on provision during ANC, labour first postnatal contact (PNC).

Background: The postnatal complication that occurs in the first week after childbirth is one of causes maternal death Indonesia. However, it can be prevented with care (PNC). This study aims to analyze determinants PNC service utilization

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine whether personality and/or psychological functioning affect mothers' perceptions of postnatal communication and their level of satisfaction with their postnatal care. Mothers' perceptions of the communication with health professionals prenatally and during birth may be affected by their personality traits and psychological functioning and are li...

objective: there are various attempts to confirm variables that could predict postpartum depression in advance. this study determined antenatal risk factors for postpartum depression in women at risk of developing this disorder. methods: a prospective cohort study was conducted with 2279 eligible women who attended at mazandaran province’ primary health centers from 32-42 weeks of pregnancy to ...