Mothers' accounts of the impact on emotional wellbeing of organised peer support in pregnancy and early parenthood: A qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  McLeish, Jenny ^a   Redshaw, Maggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPOWERMENT; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT; MOOD; MOTHER; PARENTHOOD; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WELLBEING; ADULT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF HELP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85009351760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-017-1220-0     Document Type: Article

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