Postpartum depression, a major depressive disorder, predisposes postnatal mothers to physical, social, and psychological malfunctioning. Purpose: The study aimed identify the psychosocial determinants of postpartum depression maternal well-being among in Accra metropolis. Materials Method: A sample 205 women between ages 15 - 39 years are 4 12 weeks old was drawn from 37 Military Hospital, Accr...

Background. Low use of maternal healthcare services is one of the reasons why maternal mortality is still considerably high among adolescents mothers in India. To increase the utilization of these services, it is necessary to identify factors that affect service utilization. To our knowledge, no national level study in India has yet examined the issue in the context urban adolescent mothers. Th...

The non-medical use of prescription opiates, such as Vicodin(®) and MSContin(®), has increased dramatically over the past decade. Of particular concern is the rising popularity of these drugs in adolescent female populations. Use during this critical developmental period could have significant long-term consequences for both the female user as well as potential effects on her future offspring. ...

At baseline, a very few newborns born at home in any of the six countries (range: 2% in Bangladesh to 14% in Bolivia) received care within three days. The baseline coverage for mothers receiving postpartum care was similarly low. Care was defined as either a clinic-visit or a home-visit by a trained or skilled healthcare worker. The content of the care varied from country to country and even in...

Abstract 
 Background: Pakistan is a developing country of South Asia and currently facing many challenges public health especially maternal one the emerging issues. There limited empirical evidence on out pocket expenditure (OOPE) selection private healthcare facility. This area was overlooked in research current study has tried to investigate impact OOPE hospital for delivery postnatal c...

BACKGROUND Postnatal depression affects 15% of all women derived. Good practice in antenatal and postnatal care suggests that regular contact should take place with members of the primary health care team (PHCT) but, despite this, many cases of postnatal depression are probably not detected. It is also widely perceived that depressed women consult more frequently about themselves and their babi...

INTRODUCTION Antenatal and postnatal care services are significant interventions to improve maternal health and prevent maternal and infant deaths. However, these services are poorly developed in Bangladesh, particularly among Indigenous women. This study examined factors associated with antenatal and postnatal care visits among the Mru, the most underprivileged Indigenous people in Bangladesh....

OBJECTIVES To compile a proposal of the system of taking complex prenatal, perinatal and postnatal care of pregnant immigrants in the Czech Republic with taking into account medical and salutogenic approaches. MATERIAL AND METHODS The research was implemented by the form of a controlled interview and was based on a questionnaire comprising 50 questions focused on the evaluation of taking the ...