Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women's experience when interacting with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: A brief note

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 124-131

  Campbell, Alistair ^a   Hayes, Barbara ^a   Buckby, Beryl ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal or torres strait islander; Depression; EPDS; Medicine and Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Translation Culture

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 43449129782     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00930.x     Document Type: Article

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