Review of a research report on postpartum depression impacted by home health visits.
The research findings from Tamaki's (2008) study are important to EBNP for both maternity and psychiatric-mental health nurses. Although the findings demonstrated that mental health visits showed improvement in women with postpartum depression, one suggestion would be to implement a study with a larger sample population and in multiple cultures. With support supplied by numerous quantitative and qualitative studies, such as Tamaki's (2008) study, postpartum depression could be treated with a new non-pharmaceutical measure that would be more beneficial and effective to women and their babies. It will also open new doors for EBNP in mental health and revolutionize home health nursing.
Department of Baccalaureate & Graduate Nursing, College of Health Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky, USA.
Ashley
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Cook
D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D011788:Quality of Life