Screening fathers for postpartum depression in a maternal-child health clinic: a program evaluation in a midwest urban academic medical center

• Main Authors: Sam Wainwright (Author), Rachel Caskey (Author), Aida Rodriguez (Author), Abigail Holicky (Author), Melissa Wagner-Schuman (Author), Anne Elizabeth Glassgow (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Postpartum depression (PPD) impacts fathers as well as mothers, and is estimated to affect between 8 and 13% of fathers. Paternal PPD is a risk factor for worsened quality of life, poor physical and mental health, and developmental and relational harms in the father-mother-child...