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The Intersection Of Depression, Partner Violence And Poverty During The Perinatal Period, Catherine L. Kothari
The Intersection Of Depression, Partner Violence And Poverty During The Perinatal Period, Catherine L. Kothari
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Problem: Despite the wealth of research documenting the individual links between maternal depression, partner violence, and poverty, important gaps remain regarding their combined interactions, and their variation related to perinatal timing (pregnancy and postpartum). The current dissertation examined the interplay of these phenomena across perinatality.
Methods: This dissertation utilized secondary analysis of telephone survey data from a representative sample of women recruited during their postpartum hospital stay and interviewed four times over the subsequent 18 months. Linear regression was used for predictive modeling of fixed effects, and generalized estimating equation regression was used for multivariate analysis of temporal trends.
Findings: …