Promoting Attachment Through Healing (PATH): Results of a retrospective feasibility study providing trauma-and-violence-informed care to pregnant women.

Aim: To evaluate the impact of a trauma and violence-informed cognitive behavioural therapy (TVICBT) intervention, compared with standard care on mental health, coping, bonding and maternal-infant attachment among pregnant women with a history of intimate partner violence and who displayed symptomatology consistent with anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Design: A mixed-methods case study design was employed, where women either received standard perinatal care or were referred to a specialized TVICBT program.

Methods: Data were collected through a retrospective obstetric medical chart audit in 2017 at an Ontario hospital in a large urban centre.

A guide to anticipatory guidance for breastfeeding-related pain: A concept analysis.

Aim: This article provides a concept analysis of anticipatory guidance regarding breastfeeding-related pain and establishes a definition to inform the concept's practical use.

Background: Breastfeeding-related pain is a barrier to achieving optimal breastfeeding outcomes, which can impede maternal and infant health. Education through anticipatory guidance that addresses breastfeeding-related pain can improve breastfeeding outcomes, but no formal definition is currently available for practitioner use.

Sharing Personal Experiences of Accessibility and Knowledge of Violence: A Qualitative Study.

In North America, the most common societal response to intimate partner violence (IPV) has been the establishment of women's shelters for temporary housing and security. Rurality further compounds the challenges women experiencing IPV face, with unique barriers from their urban counterparts. This study sought to explore the intersection of rural women's health care experiences within the context of IPV.

Exploring mothers' experiences of trauma and violence-informed cognitive behavioural therapy following intimate partner violence: a qualitative case analysis.

Purpose: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive public health issue impacting one in three women, worldwide. Broadly defined as any act of coercive control within the context of an intimate relationship, IPV often results in significant negative health outcomes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a mainstay treatment for relational trauma, has particular relevance for women undergoing the many transformations associated with the perinatal period.

Critical discourse analysis of policies impacting the intersection of health and experiences of intimate partner violence for rural women in Ontario, Canada.

Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts approximately one quarter of Canadian women, and services provided to support women are heavily influenced by policy. Policy sets the stage and tone for action in all sectors. To date, there have been no critical discourse analyses examining how provincial, hospital, and women's shelter policies intersect and impact women in rural communities.

Integration of Primary Health-Care Services in Women's Shelters: A Scoping Review.

Women who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) have significant detrimental physical and mental health consequences associated with the violence as well as numerous barriers to health-care and social service utilization. Service integration offers a solution to help support women who have experienced violence overcome negative health consequences as well as barriers to system navigation and use. The purpose of this scoping review was to examine research activity pertaining to IPV and primary health-care and women's shelters integration.