Postnatal depressive symptoms among Pacific mothers in Auckland: Prevalence and risk factors

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-238

  Abbott, Max W ^a   Williams, Maynard M ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Migration; Pacific Island mothers; Postnatal depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SAMOA; SLEEP PATTERN; STRESS; TONGA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33644926415     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01779.x     Document Type: Article

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