Barriers and Facilitators to Perinatal Mental Health Group Access

165 parents and 13 practitioners participated in a study analyzing access to a perinatal mental health program. The research, led by Zoë Darwin and published in 2026, examined data from a trial of 51 Circle of Security-Parenting groups across 10 services in England.

Use Cases

• Analyze survey responses from 165 parents to identify common barriers to attending online group sessions.
• Compare interview data from 58 parents and 7 practitioners to understand facilitator perspectives on intervention delivery.
• Apply the developed four-step access framework (attend, take part, understand, apply) to evaluate other group-based mental health programs.
• Examine how location context (community venues, homes, online spaces) influences participant engagement across 51 COS-P groups.

Strengths

• Includes data from 165 parent survey responses and 65 interview/focus group participants.
• Analysis covers 51 distinct group interventions delivered across 10 Perinatal Mental Health Services.

Limitations

• Dataset is a 41.5 KB document, containing summarized qualitative analysis rather than raw participant data.
• Sample size is limited to participants from a single trial in England, reducing generalizability.
• No raw columnar data or individual participant records are provided for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Research trial involving 10 Perinatal Mental Health Services in England.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Study period not specified, but publication date is 2026.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

England.