The Experiences of Postnatal Depression in Women from Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Wiltshire, UK

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-221

  Templeton, Lorna ^a   Velleman, Richard ^a   Persaud, Albert ^b   Milner, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Postnatal depression; Primary care; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MARRIAGE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TELEPHONE; TRAINING; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTHERS; MULTILINGUALISM; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0242287036     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355785032000136425     Document Type: Article

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