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Peer support workers' experiences of supporting women with postnatal depression: a constant comparative exploration
Ruth Carter1, Fiona Cust2, Elizabeth Boath1
1a School of Health and Social Care , Staffordshire University , Stoke , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Objective:
To explore the lived experiences of peer support workers (PSWs) during their intervention with mothers suffering from postnatal depression (PND).
Background:
Postnatal depression is a major public health concern affecting approximately 13% of women worldwide. There is evidence within recent literature that peer support may have a positive effect upon women suffering with PND.
Methods:
Written data from the PSW's logbooks, interviews and supervisory sessions was collected and thematically analysed.
Results:
Data were analysed using a constant comparative method and four key themes emerged. These were: changing perspectives of the PSW, their personal self-analysis and recognition, concern about the abandonment of the women that they had been supporting and self-recovery from postnatal depression.
Conclusion:
Findings indicate that PSWs choose to offer support based upon their own experiences, rejecting formal counselling therapies. This study found that peer-designed interventions do appear to have some merit.
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