Qualitative Data on Access to Perinatal Parenting Groups

2026 research by Zoë Darwin analyzes accessibility data from a trial of the Circle of Security-Parenting programme in England. The study involved 165 parent surveys, 58 parent interviews, and 7 practitioner interviews from 51 groups across 10 community services. Findings provide a framework for widening access to group-based perinatal mental health interventions.

Use Cases

• Analyzing parent-reported barriers and facilitators to attending online group sessions.
• Identifying how intervention format features influence participant understanding and application of learning.
• Comparing accessibility challenges across different location contexts: community venues, homes, and online spaces.
• Evaluating the cumulative or opposing effects of 13 identified barriers and facilitators on the access pathway.

Strengths

• Includes data from 165 parent surveys and 65 qualitative interviews/focus groups.
• Covers 51 intervention groups across 10 Perinatal Mental Health Services in England.
• Analysis co-produced with a lived-experience panel for grounded insights.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small at 28.0 KB, containing primarily qualitative analysis text rather than raw survey/interview data.
• No raw participant-level data or columnar data is provided, limiting quantitative analysis.
• Findings are specific to one parenting programme (COS-P) in England, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Randomised controlled trial of the Circle of Security-Parenting programme in England.

Collection Method

Data collected via surveys, interviews, and focus groups, with qualitative content analysis performed by a research team including co-researchers with lived experience.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

England