title: Prevalence and correlates of depression as a secondary condition among adults with disabilities.
abstract: This article examines the associations among environmental factors, healthy behaviors, and depression in a sample of adults with major disabilities. When sociodemographics and type and level of disability were controlled, environmental factors (e.g., access to care, contacts with friends, and experience of assault) and risk behaviors (e.g., tobacco use, marijuana use, and physical exercise) were significant correlates of depression. Public health practice and research implications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Community Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, USA. monika.mitra@state.ma.us
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wilber
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Deborah Klein
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires