Prenatal Life Events, Maternal Employment, and Postpartum Depression Across a Diverse Population in New York City

Overview

Journal Community Ment Health J

Specialty Health Services

Date 2017 Oct 5

PMID 28975443

Citations 7

Authors

Cindy H Liu

Jenny Phan

Miwa Yasui

Stacey Doan

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Abstract

This study examined racial/ethnic disparities in three core postpartum depression (PPD) symptoms, and identified specific predictors of PPD including sociodemographic variables, life stressors and maternal employment. White, African American, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islander women from the New York City area (n = 3010) completed the 2009-2011 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. African American women were less likely to have PPD than White women. Maternal employment during the postpartum was associated with an increased likelihood of PPD for White women relative to women who were not employed. Life stressors and maternal employment should be considered as culturally contextualized factors related to postpartum depression.

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