Open AccessSelf-Efficacy and Postpartum Depression Teaching by Perinatal Nurses in a Rural Setting: A Replication Study
Author(s) -
Kim Link,
Rachel A. Tinius,
Jill M. Maples,
M. Cynthia Logsdon
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of perinatal education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1548-8519
pISSN - 1058-1243
DOI - 10.1891/1058-1243.28.4.190
Subject(s) - postpartum depression , medicine , depression (economics) , nursing , self efficacy , social stigma , psychiatry , clinical psychology , mental illness , psychology , family medicine , pregnancy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychotherapist , mental health , genetics , biology , economics , macroeconomics
Perinatal nurses in rural hospitals can play an important role in providing postpartum depression education to new mothers. Guided by Self-Efficacy Theory, this replication study used a self-report instrument to survey perinatal nurses' self-efficacy in postpartum depression teaching, self-esteem, stigma and attitudes toward seeking help for mental illness. Thirty-eight perinatal nurses employed in a rural hospital participated in the study. The results indicated perinatal nurses' postpartum depression teaching behaviors were associated with: self-efficacy related to postpartum depression teaching; social persuasion by a supervisor; prior mastery of teaching on other postpartum care topics; and vicarious experiences of observing peers teach about postpartum depression. Perinatal nurses with positive attitudes toward receiving psychological help were more likely to provide postpartum depression education.