The University’s Institutional Review Board approved all the procedures and assessment
instruments for this study.
For Sample 1, the survey materials were added to a packet sent to subjects already enrolled in an ongoing study of the emotional experiences of postpartum women. Using public birth-record data, all women age 18 and above recently giving birth in one of four Iowa counties received a letter describing the study. Women agreeing to participate were sent a packet of questionnaires that included the survey of views toward nurse-delivered mental health care. The surveys were collected from August 2005 to February 2006. Because women completed a number of instruments for the ongoing study,
in addition to the survey about nurse-delivered care, they were compensated $15.