Projects
Predictors and consequences of perinatal mental (un)health. Influence of professional activity, social support, leisure time on perinatal mental health and health and consequences for development in the 1st year of life KU Leuven
This research proposal focuses on predictors of experienced mental problems and resilience of professionally active and non-professional (expectant) mothers and their partners during the perinatal period, and on the consequences for the parents themselves and for the offspring in the first year of life, with the aim of to draw up prevention strategies and to be able to adequately estimate their efficiency and effectiveness .
PERINATAL MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH: SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIORS IN WOMEN IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD KU Leuven
This longitudinal epidemiological study will investigate clinical patterns of perinatal suicidal thoughts and behaviors among women in the perinatal period (pregnancy and up to first postnatal year). The target population consists of all expectant mothers referred to the OBGYN outpatient clinic at the University Hospital Leuven in the period from conception to the second year after birth. The purpose of this study is (1) To better identify ...
The challenge of equitable perinatal mental health coverage through local health systems in rural Uganda Institute of Tropical Medicine
Perinatal depression in (pregnant) mothers: 'From prevalence to prevention' – A precision medicine approach within a public health perspective KU Leuven
The vaginal microbiome in relation to perinatal health Ghent University
A healthy vaginal microbiome is characterized by the presence of only lactobacilli that acidify the vagina and protect against infections such as HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV, the virus causing cervical cancer). Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a disturbance of this healthy vaginal microbiome whereby lactobacilli are absent and anaerobes such as Gardnerella vaginalis and Atopobium vaginae predominate. BV is prevalent in about one quarter of ...
Perinatal depression of (expectant) mothers at a university hospital obstetric outpatient clinic – a precision medicine approach within public health perspective KU Leuven
Perinatal Depression (PD) is one of the most common complications (10-20%) during perinatal period. Though PD has large known impact on the (expectant) mother, the offspring and the supporting environment, both at the short and the longer term, scientific knowledge is far from settled. we will perform a longitudinal epidemiological study of PD across all (expectant) mothers presenting at the outpatient clinic of the university hospital of ...
Perinatal Mental Health AP Hogeschool Antwerpen
Prevention of perinatal mental health problems in culturally and linguistically diverse populations: Development and implementation of a screening tool in primary care and community-based settings KU Leuven
During the perinatal period, i.e., pregnancy and the first postnatal year, 20% of (expectant) mothers struggle with perinatal mental health (PMH) problems. PMH problems can severely affect (expectant) mothers, their (unborn) children, the (expectant) co-parents and their support network. Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) women seem to be a population at risk. Namely, CALD women are more likely to be exposed to key risk factors for ...