Gender differences in the effects of urban neighborhood on depressive symptoms in Jamaica

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 385-392

  Mullings, Jasneth Asher ^a   McCaw Binns, Affette Michelle ^a   Archer, Carol ^b   Wilks, Rainford ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Depression; Equity in health; Gender and health; Jamaica; Public policy; Urban health; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SYMPTOM; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

JAMAICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAMAICA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAMAICA; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896371270     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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