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Effect of home visiting support on maternal psychosocial needs and postnatal depression: emulating a target trial

  • By

  • Kaori Baba

  • Zui C Narita

  • Syudo Yamasaki

  • Tomohiro Shinozaki

  • Junko Niimura

  • Naomi Nakajima

  • Satoshi Yamaguchi

  • Gemma Knowles

  • Jordan Devylder

  • Satsuki Ayaya

  • Shin-ichiro Kumagaya

  • Daniel Stanyon

  • Nao Oikawa

  • Mariko Hosozawa

  • Miharu Nakanishi

  • Shuntaro Ando

  • Kiyoto Kasai

  • Mitsuhiro Miyashita

  • Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa

  • Toshi A Furukawa

  • Vikram Patel

  • Susan M Sawyer

  • Atsushi Nishida

  • June 18, 2026

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    The Early Partnership programme was co-designed with first-time adolescent and young adult mothers to address their psychosocial needs.

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    The study involved 151 participants in the intervention group and 158 in the control group, with high retention rates at 12 months.

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    The intervention group showed greater improvement in perceived fulfilment of psychosocial needs at both 6 and 12 months postnatally.

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    Postnatal depressive symptoms were significantly lower in the intervention group compared to the control group at 6 and 12 months.

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    The study suggests that a non-judgmental, relationship-based home visiting model may effectively support young mothers' psychosocial needs.

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Effect of home visiting support on maternal psychosocial needs and postnatal depression: emulating a target trial

  • by Kaori Baba, Zui C Narita, Syudo Yamasaki, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Junko Niimura, Naomi Nakajima, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Gemma Knowles, Jordan Devylder, Satsuki Ayaya, Shin-ichiro Kumagaya, Daniel Stanyon, Nao Oikawa, Mariko Hosozawa, Miharu Nakanishi, Shuntaro Ando, Kiyoto Kasai, Mitsuhiro Miyashita, Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, Toshi A Furukawa, Vikram Patel, Susan M Sawyer, Atsushi Nishida

  • June 18, 2026

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