Abstract

Postpartum depression (PPD) forges a major public health challenge, and the prevalence is alarming not only from a national perspective, but global as well. Recent data revealed that 17.7% of women in 56 different countries were diagnosed with PPD (Hahn-Holbrook, Cornwell-Hinrichs, & Anaya, 2018). This condition varies dramatically by nation and disparities in wealth, inequality, and maternal-child-health factors exist. In the United States, one in seven women experience symptoms of PPD in the first year after giving birth. With approximately four million live births each year in the United States, this equates to almost 600,000 women with this diagnosis (Carberg, 2019). In 2019, 19.9% of women in Alabama who recently had a live birth reported depressive symptoms. In Mississippi 14.8% of mothers self-reported experiencing PPD after live birth as well (Qobadi, Collier, & Zhang, 2016). In regard to the three clinics being analyzed in this doctoral project, a large number of women experience symptoms of PPD that go unnoticed because they are assumed to be a part of the normal postpartum period. Proper screening methods are not established in these clinics; therefore, adequate management and treatment of this condition is unsatisfactory.

Author Details

Hannah Bucklew, DNP, RN; Jane-Anne Garrick, DNP, RN; Lauren Shaw, DNP, RN

Sigma Membership

Gamma Eta

Lead Author Affiliation

Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Type

DNP Capstone Project

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quality Improvement

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Postpartum Depression, Screening Tool, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Postpartum, Obstetrics

Advisor

Unknown

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Samford University

Degree Year

2021

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-03-24

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