Understanding depressive symptoms among high-risk, pregnant, African-American women.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Depression has been shown to be a risk factor of poor pregnancy outcomes among African-American women. The goal of this study was to examine both risk and protective factors of depressive symptoms among urban, high-risk African-American, pregnant women.

Methods

Data were drawn from a larger randomized controlled trial, Health Outcomes of Pregnancy Education that was a part of the National Institutes of Health-DC Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality in Minority Populations in the District of Columbia. For purposes of the present study, a sample of African-American pregnant women (n = 1,044) were recruited from six urban prenatal care clinics. Baseline depressive symptoms were assessed using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-Depression Scale.

Results

Forty-four per

SUBMITTER: Molina KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3488109 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature