The experience of postnatal depression in West African mothers living in the United Kingdom: A qualitative study

Midwifery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 756-763

  Gardner, Philippa L ^a   Bunton, Penny ^a   Edge, Dawn ^a   Wittkowski, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African mothers; Help seeking; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Postnatal depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDWIFE; MIGRANT; NEWBORN; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901259271     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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