Does alleviating poverty affect mothers' depressive symptoms? A quasi-experimental investigation of Mexico's Oportunidades programme

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1565-1576

  Ozer, Emily J ^a   Fernald, Lia C H ^a   Weber, Ann ^a   Flynn, Emily P ^a   VanderWeele, Tyler J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal depression; Mexico; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ECONOMIC POLICY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEXICO; MOTHER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RATING SCALE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 83455213387     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr103     Document Type: Article

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