Peer support for postpartum depression: Volunteers' perceptions, recruitment strategies and training from a randomized controlled trial

Health Promotion International

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-196

  Dennis, Cindy Lee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

community based intervention; maternal health; mood disorders; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTEER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTEERS;

COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84877951922     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/das003     Document Type: Article

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