Readability: An important issue impacting healthcare for women with postpartum depression

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 350-355

  Logsdon, M Cynthia ^a   Hutti, Marianne H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Department of Health and Community Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer education; Depression screening instruments; Postpartum depression; Readability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUBLICATION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 33845295854     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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