The association of unwanted pregnancy and social support with depressive symptoms in pregnancy: Evidence from rural Southwestern Ethiopia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dibaba, Yohannes ^a   Fantahun, Mesganaw ^b   Hindin, Michelle J ^c  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Ethiopia; Food insecurity; Pregnancy; Social support; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879226327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-135     Document Type: Article

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