"Someone like us": Delivering maternal mental health through peers in two South Asian contexts

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 168, Issue , 2014, Pages 452-458

  Singla, Daisy ^a   Lazarus, Anisha ^b   Atif, Najia ^c   Sikander, Siham ^c   Bhatia, Urvita ^b   Ahmad, Ikhlaq ^c   Nisar, Anum ^c   Khan, Sonia ^c   Fuhr, Daniela ^c   Patel, Vikram ^b,d,e   Rahman, Atif ^c,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Sangath   (India)

^c Human Development Research Foundation   (Pakistan)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based intervention; Human resources; Maternal depression; Peer characteristics; Peers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH ASIA; URBAN AREA; ADULT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84907363436     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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