Table 2. CERQual scores.

Analytic theme	Review finding	CERQual score
Awareness and beliefs about mental ill health	Women lack awareness of perinatal mental health problems	Moderate
Influence of culture	Culture impacts on women's experiences of perinatal mental ill health	High
Symptoms and coping strategies	Women have a range of strategies for coping with the symptoms of perinatal mental health problems	High
Isolation and seeking support	Women with perinatal mental ill health seek various forms of support	High
	Women with perinatal mental ill health feel isolated	High
Accessing perinatal mental health services	Some women with perinatal mental health problems avoid services	Moderate
	Women have to overcome practical and cultural barriers to access support services	Moderate
	Healthcare provider's attitudes impact on women's access to perinatal mental health support	High
	The model of maternity care impacts on women accessing support for perinatal mental ill health	Low
Experiences of perinatal mental health services	Perinatal mental health services lack culturally sensitivity	Moderate
	Support groups are generally found to be helpful	Low
What women want	Women identified a range of ways to improve the provision of services to women from ethnic minority groups	Moderate