Alexandrou Foiniki, Sakellari Evanthia, Kourakos Michael, Sapountzi-Krepia Despina
Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Department of Public and Community Health, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Health Soc Care Community. 2018 Nov;26(6):995-1000. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12638. Epub 2018 Aug 27.
The present study gives an insight into the health visitors' perceptions on their role in assessing, managing, and supporting mothers with postpartum depression (PPD). The study took place in Cyprus among health visitors of a community Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic using qualitative approach. Data were collected through individual semistructured interviews. The findings showed that although health visitors are able to identify PPD cases, they stress the importance of protocols and evidence-based care as well as preventive interventions, and they also point out the importance of home visits. Finally, they support the need for education. It is concluded that health visitors can play an important role in women's health and their intervention on the prevention of PPD in the community especially through home visits is very important.
本研究深入探讨了健康访视员对其在评估、管理和支持产后抑郁症（PPD）母亲方面作用的看法。该研究在塞浦路斯的一家社区母婴福利诊所的健康访视员中采用定性方法进行。数据通过个人半结构化访谈收集。研究结果表明，尽管健康访视员能够识别产后抑郁症病例，但他们强调方案和循证护理以及预防性干预的重要性，并且还指出家访的重要性。最后，他们支持开展教育的必要性。得出的结论是，健康访视员在妇女健康方面可以发挥重要作用，他们在社区预防产后抑郁症方面的干预，尤其是通过家访，非常重要。
