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postgraduate thesis: The determinants of women's depression and policy recommendations in developing countries

TitleThe determinants of women's depression and policy recommendations in developing countries
Authors
Issue Date2012
PublisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
Citation
Chen, H. [陈泓泓]. (2012). The determinants of women's depression and policy recommendations in developing countries. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b4842263
AbstractAmong all types of psychiatric disorder, depression is the most prevalent one which affect nearly one third of the contemporary adult population. Depression also ranks top with regard to women’s health and is now contributing heavily to the global disease burden. WHO makes clear that the overall rates of women's depression confirmed across all centers are almost 2 times higher than that of men. This review was performed with aim to examine the risk factors of female depression in developing countries. It also focuses on the strategies and policy recommendations for policy makers. In summary, results included poverty, educational level, unemployment, being unmarried, marital crisis, victims of violence, undesired pregnancies, lack of social support, poor relationships with parents and in-laws, history of depression, were associated with perinatal depression. Besides, financial difficulties, not living with parents, lack social support, expose to violence, bad school behavior and maternal depression were associated with female adolescent depression.
DegreeMaster of Public Health
SubjectDepression in women - Developing countries.
Dept/ProgramPublic Health
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/179892
HKU Library Item IDb4842263

 

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Honghong.-
dc.contributor.author陈泓泓.-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.citationChen, H. [陈泓泓]. (2012). The determinants of women's depression and policy recommendations in developing countries. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b4842263-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/179892-
dc.description.abstractAmong all types of psychiatric disorder, depression is the most prevalent one which affect nearly one third of the contemporary adult population. Depression also ranks top with regard to women’s health and is now contributing heavily to the global disease burden. WHO makes clear that the overall rates of women's depression confirmed across all centers are almost 2 times higher than that of men. This review was performed with aim to examine the risk factors of female depression in developing countries. It also focuses on the strategies and policy recommendations for policy makers. In summary, results included poverty, educational level, unemployment, being unmarried, marital crisis, victims of violence, undesired pregnancies, lack of social support, poor relationships with parents and in-laws, history of depression, were associated with perinatal depression. Besides, financial difficulties, not living with parents, lack social support, expose to violence, bad school behavior and maternal depression were associated with female adolescent depression.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)-
dc.relation.ispartofHKU Theses Online (HKUTO)-
dc.rightsThe author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works.-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.source.urihttp://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48422630-
dc.subject.lcshDepression in women - Developing countries.-
dc.titleThe determinants of women's depression and policy recommendations in developing countries-
dc.typePG_Thesis-
dc.identifier.hkulb4842263-
dc.description.thesisnameMaster of Public Health-
dc.description.thesislevelMaster-
dc.description.thesisdisciplinePublic Health-
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dc.identifier.doi10.5353/th_b4842263-
dc.date.hkucongregation2012-
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