Preliminary evaluation of a primary care intervention for cry-fuss behaviours in the first 3-4 months of life ('The Possums Approach'): Effects on cry-fuss behaviours and maternal mood

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-45

  Douglas, Pamela S ^a   Miller, Yvette ^a   Bucetti, Anne ^a   Hill, Peter S ^a   Creedy, Debra K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRY FUSS BEHAVIOR; CRYING PATTERNS QUESTIONNAIRE; DEPRESSION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EMOTIONAL SUPPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL MOOD; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOOD; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTING EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTNATAL ANXIETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REASSURANCE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THE POSSUMS APPROACH; CRYING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EDUCATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRRITABILITY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUSTRALIA; CRYING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERVENTION STUDIES; IRRITABLE MOOD; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923248046     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY13011     Document Type: Article

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