The utility of volunteer home-visiting support to prevent maternal depression in the first year of life

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 807-816

  Barnes, J ^a,b   Senior, R ^b,c   MacPherson, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home visiting; Infancy; Maternal depression; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME MENTAL HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MOTHERS; POSTNATAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350521752     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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