“It's about focusing on the mother's mental health”: Screening for postnatal depression seen from the health visitors' perspective — a qualitative study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-245

  Vik, Kari ^a   Aass, Inger Margrete ^b   Willumsen, Anne Britt ^c   Hafting, Marit ^d  

^a Sørlandet Hospital Health Enterprise   (Norway)

^b Vagsbygd Health Centre   (Norway)

^c Vagsbygd Family Centre   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; health visitors; postnatal depression; primary health care; qualitative method; routine screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCREENING;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS; NORWAY; NURSE MIDWIVES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 65549101102     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808100275     Document Type: Article

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