A cross-cultural analysis of the use of the Edinburgh Post-Natal Depression Scale (EPDS) in health visiting practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 655-664

  Clifford, Collette ^a   Day, Asha ^b   Cox, John ^b   Werrett, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asian mothers; Edinburgh Post Natal Depression Scale; Post natal depression; Punjabi speaking mothers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MENTAL HEALTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 0033193007     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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