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Peer-reviewed
Research Article
Professional, organizational and policy-level barriers and facilitators to perinatal mental health care in the United Arab Emirates: A qualitative study
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Rouwida ElKhalil,
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Preetha Menon,
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Hiba Adam,
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Rasha Bayoumi,
Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation School of Psychology, Birmingham University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Eny Qurniyawati,
Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Population Studies, and Health Promotion, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia, Research group for health and wellbeing of women and children, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia,
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Emad Masuadi,
Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Luai A. Ahmed,
Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Rami H. Al-Rifai,
Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Iffat Elbarazi
Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: ielbarazi@uaeu.ac.ae
Affiliations Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Health Education Research Unit (HERU), Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Professional, organizational and policy-level barriers and facilitators to perinatal mental health care in the United Arab Emirates: A qualitative study
- Rouwida ElKhalil,
- Preetha Menon,
- Hiba Adam,
- Rasha Bayoumi,
- Eny Qurniyawati,
- Emad Masuadi,
- Luai A. Ahmed,
- Rami H. Al-Rifai,
- Iffat Elbarazi
- Published: March 6, 2026
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0344312