BACKGROUND Risk factors of postpartum depression, although relatively well investigated, remain largely unclear. The aim of this study was to identify the most relevant predictors of postpartum depressive symptomatology that are of clinical importance using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) 3-5 days and 6 to 9 weeks after childbirth. SUBJECT AND METHODS In order to explore predi...

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This article examines childbirth in a public maternity hospital in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, from the perspective of young and adolescent women, mostly black and working-class. As an anthropological study, it is based on the analysis of birth narratives and hospital ethnography, especially in the obstetric ward. The women describe labor as dominated by fear, loneliness, and pain. These feelings ...

There is increasing evidence shows that fear of childbirth (FOC) may have short- and long-term adverse effects on mothers babies if left untreated. The process an experience with many dimensions, multifaceted, unique for each woman, still strongly influenced by the social-cultural context in which women belongs. To identify explore factors contributing to among recently delivered Pune city, Ind...