Postnatal mental distress in relation to the sociocultural practices of childbirth: An exploratory qualitative study from Ethiopia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1211-1219

  Hanlon, Charlotte ^a   Whitley, Rob ^b   Wondimagegn, Dawit ^c   Alem, Atalay ^c   Prince, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Ethiopia; Gender; Postnatal depression; Postnatal period; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHIOPIA; EXPECTATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWIFE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELATIVE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEXISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349473173     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.043     Document Type: Article

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