ArticleFuture healthcare journal2021
Tackling inequality in maternal health: Beyond the postpartum.
Article in Future healthcare journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Barriers to accessing perinatal mental health services in ethnically diverse women in the UK.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- A mixed methods study protocol to develop an educational program based on salutogenesis theory to improve the postpartum quality of life among nulliparous women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The impact of socioeconomic deprivation on the prevalence of gestational diabetes: An observational study.Obstetric medicine · 2024Article
- Experiences and impacts of psychological support following adverse neonatal experiences or perinatal loss: a qualitative analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Elabela is a reliable biomarker for predicting early onset preeclampsia: A comparative study.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Disparities in who is asked about their perinatal mental health: an analysis of cross-sectional data from consecutive national maternity surveys.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- A qualitative study of minority ethnic women's experiences of access to and engagement with perinatal mental health care.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Experiences of Perinatal Mental Health Care among Minority Ethnic Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic in London: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Addressing inequalities in the identification and management of perinatal mental health difficulties: The perspectives of minoritised women, healthcare practitioners and the voluntary sector.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
- Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to design and implement a perinatal education program in a large maternity hospital.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Tackling health inequalities and promoting prevention: If not now, then when?Future healthcare journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
Healthcare systems prioritise antenatal and intrapartum care over the postpartum period. This is reflected in clinical resource allocation and in research agendas. But from metabolic disease to mental health, many pregnancy-associated conditions significantly affect patients' lifelong health. Women from black and ethnic minority backgrounds and lower socioeconomic groups are at greater risk of physical and psychiatric complications of pregnancy compared to white British women. Without sufficiently tailored and accessible education about risk factors, and robust mechanisms for follow-up beyond the traditional 6-week postpartum period, these inequalities are further entrenched. Identifying approaches to address the needs of these patient populations is not only the responsibility of obstetricians and midwives; improvement requires cooperation from healthcare professionals from a wide range of specialties. Healthcare systems must encourage data collection on the long-term effects of metabolic and psychiatric conditions after the postpartum, and s support research that results in evidence-based care for the neglected field of women's postpartum health.
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