Citation

Jones DE, Tang M, Folger A, Ammerman RT, Hossain MM, Short J, Van Ginkel JB. Community Ment. Health J. 2018; 54(4): 420-428.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-017-0175-y

PMID

29063413

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between postnatal depression (PND) symptoms severity and structural neighborhood characteristics among women enrolled in a home visiting program. The sample included 295 mothers who were at risk for developing PND, observed as 3-month Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) scores ≥ 10. Two neighborhood predictor components (residential stability and social disadvantage) were analyzed as predictors of PND symptom severity using a generalized estimating equation. Residential stability was negatively associated with PND symptom severity. Social disadvantage was not found to be statistically significantly. The findings suggest that residential stability is associated with a reduction in PND symptom severity for women enrolled in home visiting program.

Language: en

Keywords

EPDS; Home visiting; Neighborhoods risk factors; Postnatal depression; Residential stability