International Partners
The INTERSECT study partnership includes collaborators from over 50 countries. Principal investigators in each country are responsible for conducting the INTERSECT survey in their own country. Anonymised data from each country are then linked to create an international databank of information on traumatic birth and PTSD worldwide. The first dataset was released in 2024 and has data from 31 countries and 11,302 women. It is available on application through the UK Data Service. A second release of the dataset with more countries is planned for 2026. If you are interested in conducting INTERSECT in your country please email intersect@city.ac.uk.
The study will provide information on the cross-cultural prevalence of postpartum PTSD, as well as differences in the etiology and manifestation of childbirth-related PTSD worldwide.
Nigeria
Principal Investigators
Prof Oye Gureje & Dr Bibilola D Oladeji
Collaborators
Kunle Adesola
Institutions
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Contribution to Dataset
Version 1 (2023)
Norway
Principal Investigators
Dr Silje Marie Haga & Prof Susan Garthus-Niegel
Collaborators
None
Institutions
RBUP East & South, Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Contribution to Dataset
Version 1 (2023)
Pakistan
Principal Investigators
Prof Syeda Shahida Batool
Collaborators
Ramish Batool
Institutions
Government College University, Beaconhouse School System
Contribution to Dataset
Version 1 (2023)
Philippines
Principal Investigators
Artemio M. Gonzales Jr
Collaborators
Arnold Jann L. Cariaso & Genesis A. Ysibido
Institutions
Occidental Mindoro State College
Contribution to Dataset
Version 2 (2026)
Poland
Principal Investigators
Dr Paulina Pawlicka & Maria Kaźmierczak
Collaborators
Magdalena Chrzan-Dętkoś, Natalia Murawska, Barbara Baranowska
Institutions
University of Gdansk, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education
Contribution to Dataset
Version 1 (2023)
Portugal
Principal Investigators
Dr Raquel Costa
Collaborators
Stephanie Alves, Daniela Fidalgo, Inês Jongenelen, Diogo Lamela, Ana Morais, Tiago M Pinto, Matilde Sousa, Daniela Tavares, Cláudia Sousa
Institutions
Lusófona University, HEI‐Lab: Digital Human‐Environment Interaction Labs
Contribution to Dataset
Version 1 (2023)
Romania
Principal Investigators
Prof Violeta Enea
Collaborators
None
Institutions
Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Romania
Contribution to Dataset
Version 1 (2023)
Saudi Arabia
Principal Investigators
Dr Haya Zedan
Collaborators
Ahmed AlAyoubi, Roa Al-Taweli, Eman Hathout, Alaa Mansour
Institutions
Saudi Electronic University, Al Yamama Hospital, Ministry of Health Riyadh, King Fahd Medical City
Contribution to Dataset
Version 1 (2023)
Serbia
Principal Investigators
Prof Maja Milosavljevic
Collaborators
Milica Vezmar, Jovana Bacigalupo, Jelena Buzejic, Suzana Drobnjak, Teodora Jovanovic, Zeljka Kosutic, Bojana Lukic
Institutions
Institute of Mental Health, The Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic Narodni Front
Contribution to Dataset
Version 1 (2023)
Slovakia
Principal Investigators
Dr Zuzana Škodová & Barbora Ďuríčeková
Collaborators
Ľubica Bánovčinová, Martina Bašková, Eva Urbanová
Institutions
Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University
Contribution to Dataset
Version 1 (2023)
Slovenia
Principal Investigators
Dr Tjasa Stepisnik Perdih
Collaborators
Metka Skubic & Tina Jakse
Institutions
School of Advanced Social Studies, University of Ljubljana, Moja dula
Contribution to Dataset
Version 1 (2023)
Solomon Islands
Principal Investigators
Dr Lydia Kaforauas
Collaborators
Professor Jonine Jancey
Institutions
Solomon Islands National University (SINU), Curtin University in Western Australia, University of Sunshine Coast, Australia
Contribution to Dataset
Version 2 (2026)
Supporting Organisations
"[Having] an international data bank that could be accessed by researchers worldwide would provide an enormously valuable resource… Such a databank would enable health systems to improve maternity care in ways that could reduce the elements that women find traumatic.” Birth Trauma Association