Equitable and culturally sensitive perinatal mental health screening and referral for all: experiences and needs from primary care and community-based healthcare providers
These findings underscore the complexity of screening and referral practices among all (expectant) mothers, particularly among women from migrant communities, and simultaneously offer a foundation to develop and implement screening and referral protocols. Ideally, these protocols should be co-designed with perinatal service users to ensure equitable practices for all.
Authors
- Vasiliki Andreou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6679-0514)
- Leontien Jansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0210-6189)
- Titia Hompes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6206-0389)
- Lore Lannoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6271-221X)
- Birgitte Schoenmakers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1909-9613)
- Floor Puttemans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4855-3547)
- Patrick Luyten
- Ronny Bruffaerts
- Anne Smits
- Kristel Van Calsteren
Institutions
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- University College London (GB)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2026-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14346-z
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00