Table 1 Selected guidelines – characteristics and scope
From: Clinical guidelines for postpartum women and infants in primary care–a systematic review
Beyondblue - Depression and related disorders – anxiety, bipolar disorder and puerperal psychosis – in the perinatal period[34] | Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (FSRH) – ‘Postnatal sexual and reproductive health’[35] | Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) – ‘Preventative services for children and adolescents’[36] | National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) – ‘Routine postnatal care of women and their babies’[37] | Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) – ‘Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice’[38] | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) – ‘Management of perinatal mood disorders’.[39] | ||
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Country of origin and year of publication | Australia 2011 | United Kingdom 2009 | USA 2012 | United Kingdom 2006 | Australia 2012 | United Kingdom 2012 | |
Sponsoring organisation | Not-for-profit organization (government sponsorship) | Professional body | Government organisation | Government organisation | Professional body | Government organisation | |
Maternal health | Enquiry and assessment of physical well-being | √ | √ | ||||
Contraception | √ | √ | |||||
Maternal mental health | Enquiry about emotional well-being | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
Recommendations about screening tool | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||
Treatment for postnatal depression | √ | √ | |||||
Infant health | Enquiry and assessment of physical well-being | √ | √ | √ | |||
Information on healthy parent-infant relationship | √ | √ | |||||
Breastfeeding | Recommendations promoting breastfeeding | √ | √ | √ | |||
Information regarding the use of medications during breastfeeding | √ | √ | √ | ||||
Psychotropic medications only | Contraceptive medications only | Psychotropic medications only |