Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 96-104 , March 2010

How Much Does Low Socioeconomic Status Increase the Risk of Prenatal and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms in First-Time Mothers?

  • Deepika Goyal, PhD, RN, FNP

      Affiliations

    • California State University, San Jose, School of Nursing, San Jose, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Deepika Goyal, RN, PhD, FNP, San Jose State University School of Nursing, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192. Phone: 408-924-3149; fax: 408-924-3135.
    • ,
  • Caryl Gay, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Kathryn A. Lee, RN, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, San Francisco, California

Received 27 January 2009 ,Revised 10 November 2009 ,Accepted 11 November 2009.

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 This research was supported by NIH/NINR, Grant # 1 RO1 NR045345 and a doctoral fellowship from the Betty & Gordon Moore Foundation.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.11.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 96-104 , March 2010

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