Exploring perceptions and experiences of maternal depression in latinas: A qualitative study

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 180-184

  Hayden, Margaret ^a   Connelly, Cynthia D ^b   Baker Ericzen, Mary J ^c   Hazen, Andrea L ^c   Horwitz, Sarah McCue ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879585446     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2012.701708     Document Type: Article

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