Postpartum depression: The (in) experience of Brazilian primary healthcare professionals

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1248-1258

  Santos Junior, Hudson Pires Oliveira ^a   Rosa Gualda, Dulce Maria ^a   de Fátima Araújo Silveira, Maria ^b   Hall, Wendy Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nursing; Postpartum depression; Primary health care; Screening; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84876085353     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06112.x     Document Type: Article

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