Evidence Database
Switchboard has developed a database of research studies to help refugee service providers in the U.S deliver evidence-based interventions. Studies are added on an ongoing basis. Most studies included in this database are published articles identified in the process of developing Switchboard Evidence Summaries. Use the search area to find content based on criteria like outcome area, intervention, publication year, population, and study type.
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Immigrant and refugee women have higher rates of perinatal depression compared to native-born women. Innovative telehealth interventions provide opportunities for prevention and treatment of perinatal depression. However, little is known about telehealth for perinatal immigrant and refugee women with depression. The aims of this scoping review were to identify available literature addressing the use of […]
- Year Published: 2023
- Outcome area(s): Mental Health
- Intervention(s): Telehealth
- Strength of Evidence: Strong
- Type of Study: Systematic review
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a major public health problem, which immigrant mothers are at particular risk of being affected by. Routine screening is implemented by many countries to increase identification, but research suggests that health care professionals (HCPs) experience screening of immigrant mothers as challenging. The overall aim of this thesis was therefore to develop […]
- Year Published: 2022
- Outcome area(s): Mental Health
- Intervention(s): Staff Education
- Direction of Evidence: Positive impact
- Strength of Evidence: Suggestive
- Type of Study: Suggestive evidence
Purpose: The objective was to examine and compare risk factors for postpartum depression among: (1) recent (≤5 years) migrant and Canadian-born women, and (2) refugee, asylum-seeking, and non-refugee immigrant women. Methods: A sample of 1536 women (1024 migrant and 512 Canadian-born) were recruited from 12 hospitals. Women completed questionnaires at 1–2 and 16 weeks postpartum […]
- Year Published: 2017
- Outcome area(s): Mental Health
- Strength of Evidence: Suggestive
- Type of Study: Suggestive evidence
We sought to gain an understanding of refugee women’s experiences through an interpretative phenomenological methodology. Challenging the lack of research on group-based informal supports for refugee women, we examined the role of playgroup in contributing to social support, the effects of playgroup across all ecological systems, and mothers’ experiences of perinatal mental health issues (PMHI). […]
- Year Published: 2014
- Outcome area(s): Mental Health
- Strength of Evidence: Suggestive
- Type of Study: Suggestive evidence
The first years of motherhood are often difficult for women, requiring large emotional and biophysical adjustments and increased health risks that may combine with social disadvantage and psychosocial conditions towards decreased maternal wellbeing. Those outcomes are usually worse in vulnerable populations, as refugee and migrants. Comprehending mothers’ needs regarding mental health and psychological well-being must […]
- Year Published: 2024
- Outcome area(s): Mental Health
- Strength of Evidence: Strong
- Type of Study: Systematic review
Introduction: Immigrant women in Canada are at greater risk for post-partum depression (PPD) than native-born women yet face multiple barriers to care at individual and system levels. Aim: To explore factors that contribute to PPD and health service accessibility, and the role of health services in supporting immigrant women with PPD. Methods: A qualitative interpretive […]
- Year Published: 2020
- Outcome area(s): Mental Health
- Strength of Evidence: Suggestive
- Type of Study: Suggestive evidence
A scoping review of the literature was conducted to compile existing evidence and identify gaps on detection methods and practices of antepartum and postpartum anxiety and depression symptoms and disorders in immigrant women. With the assistance of a health science librarian, four databases were searched between January and March 2016. Thirteen articles met the inclusion […]
- Year Published: 2017
- Outcome area(s): Mental Health
- Strength of Evidence: Strong
- Type of Study: Systematic review
It is a well known fact that postpartum depression (PPD) is a global phenomenon that women may experience, regardless of cultural identity and beliefs. This literature review presents the cultural beliefs and postnatal practices around the world, in each continent and people’s origins, looking through the extent to which they contribute positively or negatively to […]
- Year Published: 2016
- Outcome area(s): Mental Health
- Strength of Evidence: Strong
- Type of Study: Systematic review
Background:Mental health disorders are the most common perinatal conditions. They affect mothers, babies, partners, and support networks. However, <15% of pregnant and postpartum women seek timely help for their mental health care. Low perinatal mental health knowledge and universal screening unacceptability are cited as important deterrents to obtaining timely mental health care. Objective:The purpose of […]
- Year Published: 2023
- Outcome area(s): Mental Health
- Strength of Evidence: Suggestive
- Type of Study: Suggestive evidence
Introduction The Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) program is a home visiting program, utilizing peer mentors to improve maternal/child health outcomes in underserved communities. Findings are presented from a randomized clinical trial (RCT) testing the efficacy of the MIHOW model in a sample of Hispanic women in Tennessee. We hypothesized maternal and infant outcomes […]
- Year Published: 2018
- Outcome area(s): Mental Health
- Intervention(s): Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW)
- Direction of Evidence: Positive impact
- Strength of Evidence: Moderate
- Type of Study: Impact evaluation