Addressing Gaps and Saving Lives: Doulas' Role in Addressing Substance Use and Mental Health Challenges Among Pregnant and Postpartum Clients-A Scoping Review.

Doula Maternal mental health Maternal substance use

Journal

Maternal and child health journal
ISSN: 1573-6628
Titre abrégé: Matern Child Health J
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9715672

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 Nov 2023
Historique:
accepted: 24 10 2023
medline: 10 11 2023
pubmed: 10 11 2023
entrez: 10 11 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Doulas are a potential resource for addressing substance use and mental health challenges that pregnant and postpartum individuals experience. We sought to review peer-reviewed literature that examines Doulas' role in addressing these challenges to highlight the need for more research in this area. We conducted a scoping review (2001-2021) to identify articles that examine the way in which Doulas address maternal substance use and mental health challenges in their clients. The articles were reviewed by two members of the research team. Nine articles describing Doulas' role in addressing substance use and mental health challenges were identified. Six described Doulas' role in addressing mental health, five of which saw positive mental health outcomes due to Doula involvement. One additional article recommended Doulas be considered in the future to address mental health challenges. While the minority of articles addressed substance use (n = 2), it was reported that Doulas were a positive addition to interdisciplinary teams addressing substance use challenges with pregnant individuals. While the literature showed that Doulas can improve substance use and mental health outcomes among pregnant or postpartum individuals, a significant gap remains in research, practice, and peer-reviewed literature addressing this issue.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1007/s10995-023-03832-z PMID: 37948022
pubmed: 37948022
doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03832-z
pii: 10.1007/s10995-023-03832-z
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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Auteurs

Madison D Haiman (MD)

Steve Hicks School of Social Work, The University of Texas, 1925 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.

Karen A Johnson (KA)

School of Social Work, The University of Alabama, Box 870314, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487-0314, USA.

Holly Horan (H)

Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 619 19th ST South, Birmingham, AL, 35249, USA.

Lilanta Joy Bradley (LJ)

Department of Community Medicine and Population Health, The University of Alabama, 1138 NE Medical Building, 211 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401, USA.

David L Albright (DL)

Department of Political Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. dlalbright@ua.edu.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5901-9393

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