scholarly journals A qualitative meta-synthesis: public health nurses role in the identification and management of perinatal mental health problems

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Noonan ◽  
Rose Galvin ◽  
Owen Doody ◽  
Julie Jomeen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Perinatal Mental Health ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Nurses Role

Feasibility of Delivering a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-Based Resilience Curriculum to Young Mothers by Public Health Nurses

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-329
Author(s):  
Thyna Catamaran ◽  
Calan Savoy ◽  
Haley Layton ◽  
Ellen Lipman ◽  
Khrista Boylan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Young Mothers ◽  
Building Program

Background: Young mothers have higher rates of mental health problems yet can be difficult to engage in care. Few interventions exist targeting the full range of mental health problems these women face. While transdiagnostic psychotherapies have been utilized in adolescent groups, they have not been tested in young mothers. Objective: Our objective was to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a public health nurse-delivered transdiagnostic CBT-based resilience curriculum for young mothers in a supported school setting, and to determine preliminary estimates of the program’s effects. Methods: 56 mothers 21 years of age or younger were recruited from a supported high school program in Canada. Using a pretest/post-test design with no control group, measures of maternal depression, anxiety, emotion regulation, and offspring behaviour were collected immediately before and after the completion of the weekly 10-session intervention. Results: The intervention was feasible and acceptable to young mothers. While few statistically significant changes were noted in the complete sample, for those with moderate-severe depression at baseline, program participation resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in depression, anxiety, and emotion regulation. Conclusion: Provision of a transdiagnostic CBT-based resilience building program delivered by public health nurses in a supported school setting was both feasible and well-tolerated. Given the preliminary nature of this study, its clinical utility is unclear, though it may have benefits for young mothers with more significant mental health problems at baseline.

scholarly journals Cutting a Long Story Short? The Clinical Relevance of Asking Parents, Nurses, and Young Children Themselves to Identify Children’s Mental Health Problems by One or Two Questions

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Mari Borg ◽  
Raili Salmelin ◽  
Matti Joukamaa ◽  
Tuula Tamminen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Clinical Relevance ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Self Evaluation

Background and Aims. Assessing young children’s mental health is a crucial and challenging task. The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical relevance of asking parents, nurses, and young children themselves to identify children’s mental health problems by only one or two questions.Methods. In regular health check-ups of 4- to 9-year-old children(n=2682), parents and public health nurses assessed by one question whether the child had any emotional or behavioral difficulties. The child completed a self-evaluation enquiry on his/her emotional well-being. A stratified proportion of the participating parents were invited to a diagnostic interview.Results. Sensitivities were fairly good for the parents’ (68%), nurses’ (65%), and their combined (79%) one-question screens. Difficulties identified by parents and nurses were major risks (OR 10–14) for any child psychiatric disorders(P<0.001). The child’s self-evaluation was related to 2-fold to 3-fold risks(P<0.05)for any psychiatric diagnosis, for any emotional diagnosis, and for negative situational factors.Conclusion. The one-question screen for parents and public health nurses together quite adequately identified the young children with mental health problems. The child’s self-evaluation provided relevant and complementary information on his/her mental health and especially emotional problems.

scholarly journals Public Health Nurse and interprofessional collaboration related to adolescent mental health problems

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Granrud ◽  
A Anderzen-Carlsson ◽  
B Bisholt ◽  
A K Steffenak
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
School Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Public Health Nurse ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Nurse

Abstract Background Mental health problems among adolescents account for a large portion of the global burden of disease and affect 10 - 20 % of children and adolescent worldwide. The public health nurse in the school health services is in the forefront for adolescents and play an important role in providing mental health. In order to identitfy and help the adolescents in secondary school with mental health problems the public health nurses are dependent on collaboration with other professionals. The aim of this study was to describe the variation in public health nurses perceptions of interprofessional collaboration related to mental health problems among adolescents in secondary school. Methods This study has a qualitative design and individual interviews were analyzed with a phenomenographic approach. Eighteen public health nurses working in school health services, strategically selected from different counties, both urban and rural areas, were included to ensure variation in the phenomena. Findings The analysis resulted in three descriptive categories: ’The formal structure has an impact on the interprofessional collaboration’, ’The public health nurse is an important but not always self-evident partner in interprofessional collaboration’ and ’The primary players are the teachers in collaboratioń. Conclusions The findings demonstrated that public health nurses are important but not always included in interprofessional collaboration and they were dependent especially of teachers to achieve good collaboration. There were variations in how public health nurses perceived interprofessional collaboration from school to school, which may give the adolescents with mental health different services. The knowledge from this study may be essential to strengthen public health nurses positions and presence in the school health service, which will benefit the adolescents with mental health problems. Key messages The public health nurse need to work actively to be included in interprofessional collaboration. The public health nurse are dependent on teachers and principals to achieve good collaboration.

scholarly journals Maternal mental health and infant emotional reactivity: a 20-year two-cohort study of preconception and perinatal exposures

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 827-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Spry ◽  
Margarita Moreno-Betancur ◽  
Denise Becker ◽  
Helena Romaniuk ◽  
John B. Carlin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Emotional Reactivity ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Prior Exposure ◽  
Differential Sensitivity ◽  
Perinatal Mental Health ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum

AbstractBackgroundMaternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum predicts later emotional and behavioural problems in children. Even though most perinatal mental health problems begin before pregnancy, the consequences of preconception maternal mental health for children's early emotional development have not been prospectively studied.MethodsWe used data from two prospective Australian intergenerational cohorts, with 756 women assessed repeatedly for mental health problems before pregnancy between age 13 and 29 years, and during pregnancy and at 1 year postpartum for 1231 subsequent pregnancies. Offspring infant emotional reactivity, an early indicator of differential sensitivity denoting increased risk of emotional problems under adversity, was assessed at 1 year postpartum.ResultsThirty-seven percent of infants born to mothers with persistent preconception mental health problems were categorised as high in emotional reactivity, compared to 23% born to mothers without preconception history (adjusted OR 2.1, 95% CI 1.4–3.1). Ante- and postnatal maternal depressive symptoms were similarly associated with infant emotional reactivity, but these perinatal associations reduced somewhat after adjustment for prior exposure. Causal mediation analysis further showed that 88% of the preconception risk was a direct effect, not mediated by perinatal exposure.ConclusionsMaternal preconception mental health problems predict infant emotional reactivity, independently of maternal perinatal mental health; while associations between perinatal depressive symptoms and infant reactivity are partially explained by prior exposure. Findings suggest that processes shaping early vulnerability for later mental disorders arise well before conception. There is an emerging case for expanding developmental theories and trialling preventive interventions in the years before pregnancy.

A nurse's journey through mental ill health

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Author(s):  
Jane Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Perinatal Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Nurse ◽  
Personal Journey ◽  
Community Psychiatric

Jane Fisher, a community psychiatric nurse, describes her experience of perinatal mental health problems after the birth of her third child, the treatment and interventions she received from the health service and her personal journey to recovery

scholarly journals Academic health services and health needs of college students around the era of the Covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-197
Author(s):  
Eirini Kotsalou ◽  
Evanthia Sakellari ◽  
Areti Lagiou ◽  
Evaggelia Kotsalou
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Public Health Care

Objective: The university medical services vary around the world (even within each university), but there are only a few publications on the utilization of these services by the students. The available on-campus services of public health care might include general health care, women’s centers, mental health care, disability services, wellness resource centers, career counseling, and alcohol and other drug education programs. Evidence Acquisition: This paper reviews the current literature on the overtime and current (due to Covid-19 pandemic) public health needs of college students based on studies that report the commonest specific diagnostic reasons for using the on-campus health care services. Results: Special reference is done on mental health problems among students generally and the students of health professions fields (a specific category themselves). Besides, other issues of interest are the substance-related problems among students and their perceptions about mental health problems and on- campus help- seeking services. Conclusions: It is unanimous that we need further educational and promotional campaigns to enhance the students; help-seeking behaviors, reduce stigmatizing behaviors and create more preventive public health services on campus, but also out-campus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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