title: State of the science on postpartum depression: what nurse researchers have contributed-part 2.
abstract: This two-part series summarizes 141 postpartum depression studies that have been conducted by nurse researchers from around the globe. Studies contributing to the knowledge base of postpartum depression were conducted in the following nine countries: United States, Australia, Canada, China (Hong Kong, Taiwan), Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Turkey, and Malaysia. Part 1 of this series addressed the contributions of nurse researchers in the areas of epidemiology, risk factors, and transcultural perspectives related to postpartum depression. This article is Part 2, and it describes what nurse researchers have contributed to the following aspects of postpartum depression: instrumentation/screening, interventions, mother-infant interactions, family dynamics, breastfeeding, preterm births, biological factors, clinicians' knowledge, and mothers' use of health services.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. Cheryl.beck@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl Tatano
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011181:Postnatal Care; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000523:psychology; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D012944:Social Support