Dealing with it: Black Caribbean women's response to adversity and psychological distress associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-25

  Edge, Dawn ^a   Rogers, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black Caribbean women; Help seeking; Perinatal depression

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL HEALTH;

CAUCASIAN; CHILDBIRTH; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; NEGRO; PREGNANCY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 17444374249     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.047     Document Type: Article

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