What Works to Improve Maternal Mental Health Outcomes for Refugees?

Post Title	Strength of Evidence	Type of Study	Direction of Evidence
Cross-cultural approach of postpartum depression: Manifestation, practices applied, risk factors, and therapeutic interventions	Strong	Systematic review	N/A
Detecting antepartum and postpartum depression and anxiety symptoms and disorders in immigrant women: A scoping review of the literature	Strong	Systematic review	N/A
Influences on mental health and health services accessibility in immigrant women with post-partum depression: An interpretive descriptive study	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Maternal mental health in refugees and migrants: A comprehensive systematic review	Strong	Systematic review	N/A
Perinatal mental health, ecological systems, and social support: Refugee women and facilitated playgroup	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Postpartum depression risk factors among recent refugee, asylum-seeking, non-refugee immigrant, and Canadian-born women: Results from a prospective cohort study	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Telehealth care for perinatal depression in immigrant and refugee women: A scoping review	Strong	Systematic review	N/A
A mixed-methods evaluation of virtually delivered grou-based mothers and babies for Latina immigrant mothers	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	Positive impact
A non-randomized controlled trial for reducing postpartum depression in low-income minority women at community-based women’s health clinics	Moderate	Impact evaluation	Positive impact
Addressing the needs of new mothers in a multi-cultural setting: An evaluation of home visiting support for new mothers – mom to mom (Negev)	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	Positive impact
Implementing innovative evidence-based perinatal mental health screening for women of refugee background	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	Inconclusive or mixed impact
Maternal postpartum depression screening and referral in a Latinx immigrant population: A quality improvement study	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	Positive impact
The efficacy of using peer mentors to improve maternal and infant health outcomes in Hispanic families: Findings from a randomized clinical trial	Moderate	Impact evaluation	Positive impact
African immigrant mothers’ views of perinatal mental health and acceptability of perinatal mental health screening: Quantitative cross-sectional survey study	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A

Websites and Databases	Population Terms	Methodology Terms	Target Outcome Terms
EbscoHost  Google Scholar	refugee  OR  immigrant  OR  “unaccompanied minor”  OR  asylee  OR  “temporary protected status”  OR   “victims of traffick*”   OR  “traffick* victims”  OR  T-Visa  OR  U-Visa  OR  Cuban  OR   Haitian  OR  Amerasian	evaluation   OR   impact  OR  program   OR   intervention   OR  policy   OR   project  OR  train*  OR  therapy  OR  treatment  OR  counseling  OR   workshop  OR  review   OR  meta-analysis  OR  synthesis	“maternal mental health”  OR   “postpartum mental health”   OR   “postpartum depression”   OR   “postpartum anxiety”  OR   “postpartum rage”   OR   “postpartum psychosis”   OR   “antenatal mental health”   OR   “perinatal mental health”   OR   “peripartum mental health”   OR   “postnatal mental health”  OR   “postpartum mood disorders”   OR   “maternal mood disorders”   OR   “pregnancy mental health”  OR   “postnatal depression”   OR   “postpartum mental health”