Maternal depression as a risk factor for children's inadequate housing conditions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 76-83

  Corman, Hope ^a   Curtis, Marah A ^b   Noonan, Kelly ^a   Reichman, Nancy E ^c  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CHILD HEALTH INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Energy insecurity; Household hardships; Housing inadequacy; Inadequate heat; Maternal depression; United States

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MATERNAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; URBAN HOUSING; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION; CATERING SERVICE; DEPRESSION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949921640     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.054     Document Type: Article

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