A qualitative study exploring the perinatal experiences of social stress among first- and second-generation immigrant parents in Quebec, Canada.

Background: Perinatal psychological distress adversely impacts the well-being and social adjustment of parents and their children. Expectant parents who have migrated may be at higher risk for perinatal psychological distress due to various migration-specific stressors and healthcare service barriers. Limited studies have examined the perceived determinants of perinatal distress in immigrant parents, particularly men.

Elements of fatherhood involved in the gestational period: a scoping review.

Objective: To identify in the literature and summarize the elements and characteristics of fatherhood involved during pregnancy.

Method: Scoping review that used PRISMA-ScR guide to report this review. Searches were carried out in PubMed, CINAHL, PsycInfo, LILACS and Scopus.

Family centered nursing practices towards women and their families in the birthing context: A qualitative systematic review.

Aim: Synthesize qualitative evidence examining how nurses' attitudes, beliefs, and sense of efficacy and the context surrounding birth facilitate or hinder family-centered nursing practice.

Design: Thematic synthesis of qualitative studies.

Methods: A literature search was conducted in CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, SCOPUS, SCIENCE DIRECT, REPÈRES, CAIRN, and ÉRUDIT from October 2020 to June 2021.

Five tips for conducting remote qualitative data collection in COVID times: theoretical and pragmatic considerations.

Objective: To provide five methodological and pragmatic tips for conducting remote qualitative data collection during the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: The tips presented in this article are drawn from insights of our own experiences as researchers conducting remote qualitative research and from the evidence from the literature on qualitative methods. The relevant literature was identified through searches using relevant keywords in the following databases: CINAHL, PubMed, SCOPUS, and Web of Science.

Waves of family hope: narratives of families in the context of pediatric chronic illness.

Objective: to analyze narratives about the experience of hope of families in the context of pediatric chronic illness.

Method: a narrative research using Family Systems Nursing as a conceptual framework. Three families of children and adolescents diagnosed with complex chronic illness participated in this study, totaling 10 participants.

Experiences of Nurses Who Support Parents During Perinatal Death.

Objective: To describe the experience of nurses who support parents during perinatal death, particularly how perinatal death influences the nurse, how the nurse feels when caring for a suffering parent, and how the perinatal death contributes to the nurse's understanding of self.

Design: Descriptive qualitative.

Setting: Four regions of Quebec, Canada.

Perceived Paternal Involvement, Relationship Satisfaction, Mothers' Mental Health and Parenting Stress: A Multi-Sample Path Analysis.

Research has demonstrated the short- and long-term impacts of maternal mental health and well-being on children's emotional and behavioral outcomes. It is thus important to better understand the antecedents of maternal depression and stress. The aim of this study was to determine whether the contribution of perceived paternal involvement to account for mothers' depression and parental stress was mediated by relationship factors such as parenting alliance and dyadic adjustment.

Experience of hope: An exploratory research with bereaved mothers following perinatal death.

Problem: The negative implications of perinatal death on mothers' mental health are documented, however little is known about their experience of hope.

Background: Within the broader literature, hope has contributed to better mental health and bereavement adjustment and often bereaved mothers report the importance of hope for the grieving process.

Aim: This study aims to explore bereaved mothers' experience of hope following perinatal death.

Protective and risk factors for women's mental health after a spontaneous abortion.

Objective: to examine personal and contextual protective and risk factors associated with women's mental health after a spontaneous abortion.

Method: a cross-sectional study was carried out where 231 women who had experienced spontaneous abortions in the past 4 years answered a self-reporting online questionnaire to assess their mental health (symptoms of depression, anxiety, perinatal grief) and to collect personal as well as contextual characteristics.

Results: women who had experienced spontaneous abortions within the past 6 months had higher scores for depressive symptoms than those who had experienced spontaneous abortions between 7 and 12 months ago, while anxiety level and perinatal grief did not vary according to the time since the loss.

Women's Experiences of Miscarriage in the Emergency Department.

Introduction: Miscarriage is a common event, usually managed in the emergency department. Although studies have examined the impact of miscarriage on women's mental health and the effects of their dissatisfaction with health care received, little is known about the characteristics of the miscarriage experience in the emergency department. The objective of this study was to identify characteristics of care management that may have contributed to the difficulties experienced by women presenting with miscarriage in the emergency department.

Creating a space to talk about one's experience of suffering: families' experience of a family nursing intervention.

Study Rationale: The impacts of health problems on individual and family functioning, as well as the influence of family on health, are well documented. However, health care and services in the West are mostly oriented towards individuals, and the needs of families often receive little consideration. The Family Support Service (FSS) was developed to address this situation.

The role of fathers during breastfeeding.

Objective: identify fathers' perceptions of their role in a breastfeeding context.

Setting: three different geographic areas (urban, semi-urban, and rural) of Quebec, a francophone province in Canada.

Participants: 43 fathers whose children had been exclusively breastfed for a minimum of six months.

Women's persistent depressive and perinatal grief symptoms following a miscarriage: the role of childlessness and satisfaction with healthcare services.

The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to determine whether depressive and perinatal grief symptoms vary according to time since miscarriage and to test whether childlessness and satisfaction with healthcare services influence symptom duration. A total of 245 women who had experienced a miscarriage answered a self-report questionnaire, indicating the date of their miscarriage and assessing their present level of depressive and perinatal grief symptoms. They also provided sociodemographic characteristics and indicated their level of satisfaction with healthcare services.

Psychosocial factors associated with paternal postnatal depression.

Background: While maternal postpartum depression is a well-known phenomenon, paternal postnatal depression has been less studied. It is known that paternal postnatal depression impacts on children's and families' development, affects marital satisfaction and affects the economic health of industrialized countries. The aim of this study was to identify the psychosocial factors associated with paternal postnatal depression.