Taming troubled teens: The social production of mental morbidity amongst young mothers in Pelotas, Brazil

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 434-443

  Behague D P ^a,c   Goncalves H D ^b   Gigante, D ^b   Kirkwood, B R ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ethnography; Life cycle; Mental morbidity; Stigma; Teen child bearing

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORBIDITY; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; PELOTAS; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

EID: 84856233659     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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