Asking Women about Mental Health and Social Adversity in Pregnancy: Results of an Australian Population-Based Survey

Birth

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-87

  Yelland, Jane ^a   Brown, Stephanie J ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inquiry in pregnancy; Mental health; Social adversity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INQUIRY IN PREGNANCY; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ADVERSITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

INQUIRY IN PREGNANCY; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ADVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896547199     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12083     Document Type: Article

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