Do maternal depressive symptoms, stress and a lack of social support influence whether mothers living in deprived circumstances adopt safety practices for the prevention of childhood injury?

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-319

  Mulvaney, Caroline ^a   Kendrick, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal depressive symptoms; Safety practices; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG STORAGE; FEMALE; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745952441     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2006.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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