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Perspectives about depression: explanatory models among African-American women
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Perspectives about depression: explanatory models among African-American women

Roberta Waite and Priscilla Killian
Archives of psychiatric nursing, v 23(4), pp 323-333
Aug 2009
PMID: 19631110

Abstract

Poverty - ethnology New England - epidemiology Humans Middle Aged Women - education Cost of Illness Depression - ethnology African Americans - education Adult Female Surveys and Questionnaires Women - psychology Nursing Methodology Research Attitude to Health - ethnology Life Change Events Focus Groups Models, Psychological Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice African Americans - ethnology African Americans - statistics & numerical data Depression - prevention & control Aged Qualitative Research Causality Health Status Self Care
Depression is a costly illness, with broad social, economic and personal consequences. It affects many black women, yet only 7% of them receive traditional treatment. Given the chronic nature of depression and its broad impact on women's wellness, there is a need for more research examining both the conceptualization and the interpretation of depression within a socio-cultural context. This qualitative descriptive study used Kleinman's explanatory framework to capture focus group data from 14 African-American women recruited from a primary care center. Data was organized and managed with Atlas/ti 5.12, while content analysis was used to disclose the relevant themes presented in the paper.

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