The impact of neighborhood quality, perceived stress, and social support on depressive symptoms during pregnancy in African American women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-180

  Giurgescu, Carmen ^a   Misra, Dawn P ^b   Sealy Jefferson, Shawnita ^b   Caldwell, Cleopatra H ^c   Templin, Thomas N ^a   Slaughter Acey, Jaime C ^d   Osypuk, Theresa L ^e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Crime; Depressive symptoms; Neighborhood disorder; Neighborhood quality; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CRIME; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922999549     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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