Analysis of popular press articles concerning postpartum depression: 1998-2006.
The purpose of the study was to analyze the content of popular press magazine articles that focused on postpartum depression, published from 1998-2006. Replicating earlier research by Martinez, Johnson-Robledo, Ulsh, and Chrisler, 2000, 47 articles were identified and their content analyzed in the areas of etiology, symptoms, treatment, resources, and demographic assumptions about readers. Popular press magazines contained contradictory information about the definition, prevalence, onset, duration, symptoms, and treatment of postpartum mood disorders. Health care providers should be proactive in directing childbearing women to factual sources of information on postpartum depression.
Schanie
Carrie L
CL
School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA.
Pinto-Foltz
Melissa D
MD
Logsdon
M Cynthia
MC
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D015706:Bibliometrics; D015984:Causality; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet; D008402:Mass Media / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D015399:Nursing Research; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D015995:Prevalence; D012648:Self Care; D012944:Social Support; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology