Perceptions and experiences of prenatal mental health: A qualitative study among pregnant women in Ghana.

IF 1.7 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Health Psychology Open Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI:10.1177/20551029231202316

Buruwaa Adomako Agyekum

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Prenatal mental health problems can have adverse effects on the health and wellbeing of the mother as well as her baby. However, the factors associated with its etiology, expression, and coping mechanisms in Ghana remain understudied. This qualitative study explored the perceptions and experiences of prenatal mental health problems among 21 pregnant women in Accra through semi-structured interviews. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis led to three dominant themes; "conceptions of prenatal mental disorders" (sub-themes: awareness and constructions of prenatal mental health problems), "experiences of mental health problems" (sub-themes: symptoms of prenatal mental health problems and causal attributions of prenatal mental health problems) and "coping mechanisms of the pregnancy experience" (subthemes: faith, social support and work). The lack of knowledge of mental health disorders in this study and the expression of contextually relevant and culturally defined constructions and experiences of prenatal mental health problems, highlight the need for the development of culturally suitable interventions within the Ghanaian context.

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产前心理健康的认知和经验:加纳孕妇的定性研究。

产前心理健康问题会对母亲和婴儿的健康和幸福产生不利影响。然而，与加纳的病因、表达和应对机制相关的因素仍未得到充分研究。本质性研究通过半结构式访谈，探讨了阿克拉21名孕妇对产前心理健康问题的认知和经历。解释性现象学分析导致了三个主要主题;"产前精神障碍的概念"(分主题:产前精神健康问题的认识和建构)、"精神健康问题的经历"(分主题:产前精神健康问题的症状和产前精神健康问题的因果归因)和"怀孕经历的应对机制"(分主题:信仰、社会支持和工作)。在这项研究中缺乏对精神健康障碍的了解，以及对产前精神健康问题的语境相关和文化定义的结构和经验的表达，突出了在加纳背景下发展文化上适合的干预措施的必要性。

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Health Psychology Open Psychology-Clinical Psychology

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期刊介绍： Health Psychology Open (HPO) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online-only journal providing rapid publication. HPO is dedicated to publishing cutting-edge research in health psychology from around the world. HPO seeks to provide a platform for both traditional empirical analyses and more qualitative and/or critically oriented approaches to health psychology. All areas of health psychology are covered, but these topics are of particular interest: Clinical health psychology Critical health psychology Community health psychology Health psychology practice Health psychology through a social, cultural or regional lens The journal particularly favours papers that focus on health psychology in practice, including submissions concerning community and/or clinical applications and interventions. Review articles are also welcomed. There is no fixed limit to the length of manuscripts, which is normally strictly limited in other journals, for example HPO’s sister journal, Journal of Health Psychology (JHP). Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed, signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.