Depression: The 'invisible grey fog' influencing the midlife health of African Canadian women

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-213

  Etowa, Josephine ^a   Keddy, Barbara ^a   Egbeyemi, Julius ^b   Eghan, Felicia ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Public Service Commission   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

African Canadian women; Depression; Midlife health; Participatory action research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 34249068863     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2007.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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