TRUNG TÂM NGHIÊN CỨU VÀ ĐÀO TẠO PHÁT TRIỂN CỘNG ĐỒNG
RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (RTCCD)
TRUNG TÂM NGHIÊN CỨU VÀ ĐÀO TẠO PHÁT TRIỂN CỘNG ĐỒNG
RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (RTCCD)
“Prevalence, nature, severity and correlates of postpartum depressive symptoms in Vietnam
Author : J.R.W. Fisher, a M.M. Morrow, a N.T. Nhu Ngoc, b L.T. Hoang Anh
Year : 2004
Area : Mental Health
Objective To examine depressive symptomatology in women after childbirth in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Design A cross sectional survey. Setting Hung Vuong Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital and the Maternal, Child Health and Family Planning Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Method Participants were recruited consecutively in the postnatal wards and invited to take […]
Validity and Reliability of the Self-reporting Questionnaire 20 Items in Vietnam
Author : T Tuan, T Harpham, NT Huong
Year : 2004
Area :
Objective: The demand for inclusion of mental health measures in general health and well-being community-based surveys in developing countries is increasing. In a previous survey of child well- being in Vietnam, a measure of maternal mental health was included. This was the first use of the Self-reporting Questionnaire 20 items in Vietnam, and tested the […]
Common perinatal mental disorders in northern Viet Nam: community prevalence and health care use
Author : Jane Fisher, a Thach Tran, b La thi Buoi, b,c Kelsi Kriitmaa, a Doreen Rosenthal a & Tran Tuan
Year : 2010
Area : Mental Health
Objective To establish the prevalence of common perinatal mental disorders, their determinants, and their association with preventive health care use among women in one rural and one urban province in northern Viet Nam. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey of cohorts of pregnant women and mothers of infants recruited systematically in 10 randomly-selected communes. The […]
Iodine status in late pregnancy and psychosocial determinants of iodized salt use in rural northern Viet Nam
Author : Jane Fisher, a Thach Tran, a Beverley Biggs, b Tuan Tran, c Terry Dwyer, d Gerard Casey, b Dang Hai Tho c & Basil Hetzel
Year : 2011
Area : Micro-nutrient & Nutrition
Iodine is an essential micronutrient and a constituent of the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). Iodine deficiency in pregnant women limits fetal brain growth and, when severe, can lead to cretinism and the pervasive intellectual, psychomotor and sensory disabilities and congenital anomalies that accompany it. Prenatal iodine deficiency can cause maternal goiter and […]
Screening for perinatal common mental disorders in women in the north of Vietnam: A comparison of three psychometric instruments
Author : Thach D. Tran a , b , c , ⁎ , Tuan Tran a , Buoi La a , d , Dominic Lee e , Doreen Rosenthal c , Jane Fisher b ,
Year : 2011
Area : Mental Health
Background: There is increasing recognition that Perinatal Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) are a major public health problem for women in resource-constrained countries. There is an urgent need for screening tools suitable for use by community based health workers to assist in the identification of people with compromised mental health. The aim of this study was […]
