Poverty and postnatal depression: a systematic mapping of the evidence from low and lower middle income countries

Ernestina Coast (), Tiziana Leone, Atsumi Hirose and Eleri Jones

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Abstract: This study systematically maps, assesses and aggregates research relating to postnatal depression (PND) and poverty in low and lower middle income countries (LLMICs). Our search of 12 databases yielded 2202 articles, of which 47 items from 17 countries were included in our mapping. We highlight mechanisms for the relationships between poverty and PND in LLMICs. The research base on the relationships between poverty and PND in LLMIC is limited, but has recently expanded. It is dominated by studies that consider whether poverty is a risk factor for PND. Income, socio-economic status and education are all inconsistent risk factors for PND. Clues to better ways of framing and capturing economic stress in PND research is found in the qualitative studies included in our mapping. Evidence focusses overwhelmingly on individual-level analyses. To understand the scale and implications of PND in LLMICs, research has to take account of neighbourhoods, communities, and localities.

Keywords: postnatal depression; poverty; low income countries; systematic mapping; maternal health; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I12 I31 I32 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-09
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Published in Health and Place, September, 2012, 18(5), pp. 1188-1197. ISSN: 1353-8292

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