Nurses' and midwives' experiences of managing parental postnatal depression: A scoping review

CONCLUSION: The review highlights significant gaps in the nurses' and midwives' care of PPND. Educational programmes are necessary to increase nurse and midwife knowledge of PPND and strategies for its management, including facilitating collaboration across the healthcare system and eliminating organizational and systemic-related barriers. Additional focused research is needed on nurses' and midwives' knowledge, perception of and experience with PPND beyond mothers, such as with fathers, sexually and gender-minoritized parents and surrogate mothers. Finally, additional research is needed in middle- and lower-income countries where nurses and midwives may face a higher burden of and unique cultural considerations in managing PPND.IMPACT: PPND can affect the parent's mental and physical health and relationship with their child. If left untreated, PPND can lead to long-term consequences, including child developmental delays, behavioural problems and difficulties with parental-child attachment.REPORTING METHOD: This scoping review adheres to PRISMA Extension for Scoping Review guidelines and the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review method.PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: This research is a scoping review of published peer-reviewed studies.PMID:38558297 | DOI:10.1111/jan.16186
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