Working Group 4

Optimising the perinatal period to reduce the adverse impact on the offspring

Main Objective of WG4

To stimulate the healthy development of the fetus in order to improve positive outcomes.

  • T4.1 Synthesise the best practices for reducing maternal perinatal stress through non-pharmacological treatments
  • T4.2 Qualitative interviews of partners and families across a sample of countries to identify potential social, cultural and psychological factors (e.g. resilience) associated with a reduction of maternal perinatal stress in order to develop a toolkit for partners and families
  • T4.3 Critical appraisal of methods to improve the mother-baby dyad, the father-baby dyad and the mother-father dyad

Tasks

For more information, please contact the WG 4 Leader, Prof Anna-lena Zietlow on anna-lena.zietlow@tu-dresden.de
Prof. Anna-Lena Zietlow

Prof. Anna-Lena Zietlow

Leader
anna-lena.zietlow@tu-dresden.de
Twitter/X: @al_zietlow @zietlow_lab
Dr. Pelin Dikmen Yildiz

Dr. Pelin Dikmen Yildiz

Co-leader
pelindikmenyildiz@klu.edu.tr
Twitter/X: @drpelindikmen

Subgroups and their leaders’ e-mails

  • Subgroup 1 - Qualitative Interviews with families & partners
  • Dr. Rita Pace Parascandalo – rita.pace-parascandalo@um.edu.mt
  • Tabea Cwienzek, M. Sc. – Tabea.Cwienzek@tu-dresden.de
  • Subgroup 2 - Development of a psycho-educational toolkit for families
  • Dr. Anna Georg – ann.georg@uni-tuebingen.de
  • Lena-Marie Wahl – lena-marie.wahl@uni-tuebingen.de
  • Subgroup 3 - Critical assessment of methods improving the parent-infant relationship
  • Prof Sónia Brandão – soniabrandao@esenf.pt
  • Prof. Anat Talmon – anattalmon@gmail.com
  • Dr. Ewa Gieysztor – ewa.gieysztor@umw.edu.pl
  • Subgroup 4: Interventions reducing perinatal maternal stress
  • Lea Woelflein – lea.woelflein@tu-dresden.de
  • Prof. Edi Vaisbuch – evaisbuch@gmail.com