Relationships of race and socioeconomic status to postpartum depressive symptoms in rural African American and non-hispanic white women

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1277-1287

  Dolbier, Christyn L ^a   Rush, Taylor E ^a   Sahadeo, Latoya S ^b   Shaffer, Michele L ^c   Thorp, John ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparity; Objective socioeconomic status; Postpartum depression; Race; Subjective socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881370934     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1123-7     Document Type: Article

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