Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression in Public Hospitals of Tucumán, Argentina

2015 - 2016

  • Projects, Research projects in maternal and child health
  • Concluded

Period: 2015 – 2016

Researchers

Diana Pham, Fogarty Fellow, Nicole Minckas

Objective

To evaluate the prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) in public health sectors in a city in the interior of Argentina. Our secondary objective is to identify the psychosocial and health risk factors associated with PPD in these two different populations.

Type of study

Descriptive cross-sectional study with a survey

Finance

Fogarty International Clinical Investigator Program. Fogarty International Center. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda USA