Shrinking Health Care Disparities in Women: The Depression Dilemma

Health and health care disparities among homeless women.

While disparities in health and health care between vulnerable (e.g., minorities, low-income) and majority populations are well documented, less is known about disparities within these special populations that are large and diverse. Such knowledge is essential to determine the neediest within these generally needy populations, and to plan interventions to reduce their health and health care dis...

Relationship of Postpartum Depression with Spiritual Well-Being and Some Demographic Variables among Women Referring To Health Care Centers Affiliated To Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran

Background and Objectives: Postpartum depression is a disorder affecting individuals’ social ability accompanied by dangerous complications in the mother, neonate, and the family of the patient. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of postpartum depression with spiritual well-being and some demographic variables among women referring to health care centers, Qom, Iran. Methods: This...

Pnm-24: The Impact of Behavioral Health Sleep Education on The Depression of Pregnant Women with Disorders Sleep: A Randomaized Control Trial, Year 2012

Background: 79% of the pregnant women suffer from sleep disorders and 70% of pregnant women have some of the depression symptoms. These disorders are the result of physiological changes, hormonal, physical, pregnancy which occur from different causes and can affect disorders before, during and after childbirth be involved in causing depression and may be aggravated by disregarding health behavi...

Health Care Analysis And Regional Disparities In Different Provinces Of Iran

Closing the quality gap: revisiting the state of the science (vol. 3: quality improvement interventions to address health disparities).

OBJECTIVE This review evaluates the effectiveness of quality improvement (QI) strategies in reducing disparities in health and health care. DATA SOURCES We identified papers published in English between 1983 and 2011 from the MEDLINE® database, the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Web of Science Social Science Index, and PsycINFO. REVIEW METHODS All abstrac...