Research

Does mom-centered care work? It is being measured.

Research on Momwell’s model of care and the experiences of the mothers it serves, done in partnership with universities.

Published 2025

JMIR Research Protocols

JMIR Research ProtocolsPeer reviewed

Exposure to and engagement with digital psychoeducational content and community related to maternal mental health by perinatal persons and mothers

Waring ME, McManus-Shipp KE, Field CM, Bhusal S, Perez A, Shapiro O, Gaspard SA, Dennis CL.

Published 2025, vol. 14, e64075doi 10.2196/64075

Exposure to and engagement with digital psychoeducational content and community related to maternal mental health by perinatal persons and mothers: protocol for a web-based survey with optional follow-up

Waring ME, McManus-Shipp KE, Field CM, Bhusal S, Perez A, Shapiro O, Gaspard SA, Dennis CL. University of Connecticut and University of Toronto.

Mothers who engaged with Momwell's content across Instagram, the podcast, and the blog reported becoming more aware of mental health symptoms, seeking care, gaining confidence as parents, and increasing self-compassion.

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Preprint 2024

medRxiv

medRxivPreprint

Perceived changes in competence, relatedness, and autonomy reported by mothers since joining a mom-centered digital community

McManus-Shipp KE, Field CM, Bhusal S, Dennis CL, Waring ME.

Preprint posted July 10, 2024doi 10.1101/2024.07.09.24310140

Perceived changes in competence, relatedness, and autonomy reported by mothers since joining a mom-centered digital community

McManus-Shipp KE, Field CM, Bhusal S, Dennis CL, Waring ME.

Psychoeducational content about motherhood and peer engagement within a mom-centered community can enhance maternal well-being through positive changes in competence, relatedness, and autonomy.

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In progress

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, 2025

University of Victoria and University of British Columbia

Developing a perinatal anger scale

Erica Djossa is joining principal investigator Dr. Christine Ou (University of Victoria), Dr. Wendy Hall and Dr. Kathrin Stoll (University of British Columbia), and Dr. Nichole Fairbrother (University of Victoria) to shape the scale, contributing to its design and data. Momwell is the community partner.

There is no validated measure of anger in the perinatal period. This funded partnership is building one, so that maternal anger can be screened for and studied the way depression and anxiety already are.

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