{"id":1119,"date":"2008-04-25T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-25T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2008\/04\/young-lesseducated-mothers-at.html"},"modified":"2008-04-25T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-25T09:30:00","slug":"young-lesseducated-mothers-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2008\/04\/young-lesseducated-mothers-at.html","title":{"rendered":"Young, Less-Educated Mothers at Greater Risk for Postpartum Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOn April 11, the CDC published new postpartum statistics that Katherine Stone discusses in her post “CDC Releases Latest Statistics on PPD Today,” which you can get to by clicking here.<\/a> Wall Street Journal’s health blog on these numbers by Jacob Goldstein was an interesting read<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Want to reduce your chances of suffering from depression after you have a baby? Stay in school, don\u2019t rush into things and get married first. The Health Blog doesn\u2019t mean to preach at you; we\u2019re just reporting on data published today by the CDC.
\nAfter crunching survey results from 17 states, the agency found that in every single state, maternal age, marital status, maternal education and Medicaid coverage were \u201csignificantly associated\u201d with postpartum depression.<\/p>\n


\nOther factors that raised the risk included having a low birth weight infant, using tobacco during pregnancy and experiencing traumatic or financial stress.
\nOverall rates for the condition \u2014 which can occur any time in the year after delivery, and is more serious than the \u201cbaby blues\u201d that strike when the baby\u2019s a few days old \u2014 ranged from 12% in Maine to 20% in New Mexico in the states included in the survey.
\nBecause the results are based on self-reporting and aren\u2019t confirmed by a physician, they may tend to produce an estimate that is a bit too high, the authors note. It\u2019s also likely that some women who were depressed \u2014 but not as a result of having a baby \u2014 were classified with postpartum depression.
\nPPD can affect the well-being of the baby, because mothers with the condition may be less likely to engage with the infant and more likely to discontinue breastfeeding. The authors suggest using demographic factors to identify women at risk at the time of delivery and get them into a follow-up screening for depression a month or so later.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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