Development of a Doula Intervention for Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: Participants' Recommendations

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-15

  Mccomish, Judith Fry ^a   Groh, Carla J ^b   Moldenhauer, Judith A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doula; Educational materials; Focus groups; Postpartum depression; Smartphone application (app)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOULA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; MICROCOMPUTER; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DOULAS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTHERS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84873051963     PISSN: 10736077     EISSN: 17446171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcap.12019     Document Type: Article

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