Table 4 Definitions
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Health care professionals | Public health nurses, midwives, and nurses |
COVID-19 pandemic | The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
Partners | In our interviews, the mothers used a variety of names for their partners with whom they shared responsibility for the care of their children, including “father”, “dad”, and “husband”; in this study, all of these names were unified under the term “partners”. |
Konnichiwa Akachan Jigyo | A welfare program implemented by each municipality in which home visits are made to families with infants within 4 months of birth [9]. |
Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) | A set of 10 screening questions that can indicate whether a mother has the symptoms common in women with depression and anxiety during pregnancy and in the year following the birth of a child [10, 11]. |
Sato-gaeri bunben | The traditional approach to childbirth in Japan. Mothers return to their parents’ home to prepare for childbirth and remain there to receive support while recovering physically and psychologically after giving birth [15]. |