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Self-efficacy and postpartum depression teaching behaviors of hospital-based perinatal nurses.

J Perinat Educ

October 2013

M. CYNTHIA LOGSDON is a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, and Associate Chief of Nursing for Research at the University of Louisville Hospital/Brown Cancer Center. MELISSA PINTO FOLTZ is a KL2 clinical research scholar at Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Clinic and an instructor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. JAMES SCHEETZ is a retired professor of dentistry at the University of Louisville. JOHN A. MYERS is an assistant professor in the Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics at the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences.

Article Synopsis
  • This study explores how self-efficacy impacts hospital-based perinatal nurses' ability to teach new mothers about postpartum depression.
  • Findings indicate that nurses' confidence in teaching is influenced by their self-esteem and experiences, including feedback from supervisors, further education, and learning from colleagues.
  • Supporting nurse education on postpartum depression is crucial for helping new mothers access treatment and overcome challenges they face.
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Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of a social support intervention delivered to pregnant adolescent girls between 32 and 36 weeks of gestation in preventing symptoms of depression at 6 weeks postpartum.

Design: The study used a repeated measures design.

Setting: Data were collected at a teenage parenting program, an educational option of the public school system.

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