Enhancing Access to Mental Health Services for Antepartum and Postpartum Women Through Telemental Health Services at Wellbeing Centers in Selected Health Facilities in Bangladesh: Implementation Research
To our knowledge, this is the first implementation research assessing telemental health in public health facilities involving trained psychologists and psychiatrists. Our study highlighted the increased accessibility, feasibility, acceptability, and utility of Wellbeing Centers for antepartum and postpartum women in Bangladesh, supporting their scale-up in similar settings.
Authors
- Sadia Afrose Shams
- Mohammad Sohel Shomik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-6862)
- Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9216-1079)
- Md Robed Amin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5500-5103)
- Muhammad Habib Khan
- Shafiqul Ameen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3208-8663)
- Ridwana Maher Manna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3782-7859)
- Ema Akter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4772-5431)
- Farhana Afroze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5966-2963)
- Aniqa Tasnim Hossain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4868-6729)
- Muhammad Kamruzzaman Mozumder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5369-3339)
- Shams El Arifeen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5372-5932)
- Hafizur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2742-049X)
- Sabrina Jabeen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0231-2070)
- Tasnu Ara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1105-7876)
- Helal Uddin Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4106-218X)
- Mukta Jahan Banu
- Md. Alamgir Hossain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4514-1934)
- Sharmin Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0474-4392)
- Pradip Chandra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3958-0546)
- S M Mustafizur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0016-3259)
- Anisuddin Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6030-0468)
- Nasimul Ghani Usmani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3824-6711)
- Jesmin Mahmuda Juthi
- Fatema Shahrin
Institutions
- University of Dhaka (BD)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting
- Published
- 2024-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/65912
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.89
Funders
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh