Postpartum Social Support Screening
What It Measures
The Postpartum Social Support Screening asks a new mother two things: how much support is available to her, and who specifically provides it.
Nine questions ask how often a particular kind of support is there when she needs it — someone to listen, to give good advice, to drive her or the baby to the doctor, to laugh with, to help solve a problem, to help with chores or the baby, to share private worries with, to do something enjoyable with, and someone to love her and make her feel special. Each is rated from none of the time to all of the time. Three further questions ask who helps most with practical things, who she is most comfortable confiding in, and who helps most with the transition to motherhood.
Additional Notes
Licensing Notes: Requires permission from the Artemis Center to reproduce.
Learn More: The three "who helps you most" questions are what make this a treatment planning tool rather than a score. Patients can select spouse, community health worker, other family, friends, paid helper, doctor, nurse, case manager, no one, or other.