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Maternal and Neonatal Wellbeing: Impact of Maternal Mental Health

Editor:
 

Jonathan Slaughter: Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University, USA


Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: Ongoing 


Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology is calling for submissions to our collection on Maternal and Neonatal Wellbeing: Impact of Maternal Mental Health. This special issue celebrates maternal mental health awareness week and will accept manuscripts addressing clinical manifestations; maternal feelings and emotions during pregnancy and after childbirth; awareness needed for social support in this period; disparities in maternal mental health and impacts on diverse groups; associations between impaired maternal mental health and child health outcomes.

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3.

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About the collection

Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology is calling for submissions to our collection on Maternal and Neonatal Wellbeing: Impact of Maternal Mental Health. Emotional and social support during pregnancy and after childbirth are of considerable importance in a woman’s life. Poor maternal health not only affects maternal wellbeing but child health and development as well. Awareness and support are crucial for maintaining maternal mental health during these life periods. This special issue celebrates maternal mental health awareness week and will accept manuscripts addressing clinical manifestations; maternal feelings and emotions during pregnancy and after childbirth; awareness needed for social support in this period; disparities in maternal mental health and impacts on diverse groups; associations between impaired maternal mental health and child health outcomes.

There are currently no articles in this collection.

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of Research Articles, Data Notes, Case Reports, Study Protocols, and Database Articles. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Maternal and Neonatal Wellbeing: Impact of Maternal Mental Health" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editor has no competing interests with the submissions which he handles through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editor have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.