Improving quality of mother-infant relationship and infant attachment in socioeconomically deprived community in South Africa: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7701, 2009, Pages 997-

  Cooper, Peter J ^a   Tomlinson, Mark ^b,c   Swartz, Leslie ^b   Landman, Mireille ^c   Molteno, Chris ^d   Stein, Alan ^e   McPherson, Klim ^e   Murray, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTHOOD; PARENTING EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAINING; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649240346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b974     Document Type: Article

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