Impact of perinatal mental health education on student midwives' knowledge, skills and attitudes: A pre/post evaluation of a module of study

This study investigated the impact of perinatal mental health module on student midwives' knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

Use the iterative design questionnaire survey design to find statistically significant differences in knowledge and skills

Midwives are in a position to cope with and deal with the mental health needs of women undergoing care, but many people say they do not have the ability to do so. Therefore, they ignore or abandon the need for women's mental health. In order to improve the ability of midwives in this field, the first authors developed and provided modules on perinatal mental health problems at their university. This module aims to improve the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of working with women on mental health issues. In 2012, the evaluation after the survey of the module showed a positive result, after several revisions to the module, a more robust pre / post evaluation was made.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of perinatal mental health module in tackling women's mental health problems on students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes of midwives.

Participants are students who have a direct admission midwifery degree program in undergraduate program in Ireland for 4 years. There are 28 participants before the survey and 26 participants after the survey, there are 25 pairs.

Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. Descriptive, frequency and corresponding t-tests of samples were calculated. Qualitative data for subject analysis

Comparison before and after the measurement based on the t test of the corresponding sample indicates that the program statistically improves participant knowledge and skills. Students' self-reported attitudes towards women and mental health problems were very positive, but they showed a more positive attitude after the course was over. Feedback from documents provided by students also supports these positive discoveries.

This evaluation provides evidence that perinatal mental health modules can effectively improve knowledge, skills and attitudes about self-reporting of women with mental health problems. We encourage educators to consider opportunities to include similar modules in the curriculum.

This research project is aimed at systematically evaluating midwives' understanding of perinatal mental illness. The results of this study will be useful for the development of curriculum for graduate students and graduate students' midwife students to improve the care and support of mentally ill women with prenatal services. The results of this survey are also used to create web-based educational programs for students and qualified midwives.

Midwifery education actually evaluates midwife's perinatal mental illness knowledge

This evaluation provides evidence that perinatal mental health modules can effectively improve knowledge, skills and attitudes about self-reporting of women with mental health problems. We encourage educators to consider opportunities to include similar modules in the curriculum.

Influence of Perinatal Mental Health Education on Midwifery Students' Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes: Preliminary Assessment / Ex-post Evaluation of Learning Modules

Applicants of perinatal care midwives increasingly recognize that perinatal mental health is a problem of public health. The government is enthusiastic about helping midwives develop their roles in public health further. If practice is to be improved, midwives need to be well prepared to play a more developed role in perinatal mental health. I know that mental illness is the main cause of maternal death in the past few years. It is the latest secret