The Impact of Neighborhood Environment, Social Support, andAvoidance Coping on Depressive Symptoms of Pregnant African-American Women

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 294-302

  Giurgescu, Carmen ^a   Zenk, Shannon N ^b   Templin, Thomas N ^a   Engeland, Christopher G ^c   Dancy, Barbara L ^b   Park, Chang Gi ^b   Kavanaugh, Karen ^a,d   Dieber, William ^b   Misra, Dawn P ^e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIME; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; ILLINOIS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929131675     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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