TY - JOUR
T1 - Postpartum Cultural Practices Are Negatively Associated with Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese and Vietnamese Immigrant Mothers Married to Taiwanese Men
AU - Chen, Tzu Ling
AU - Tai, Chen Jei
AU - Wu, Tsai Wei
AU - Chiang, Ching Ping
AU - Chien, Li Yin
N1 - Funding Information:
Received December 4, 2011; revised May 17, 2012; accepted May 21, 2012. This study was funded by the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC96-2628-B-010-039). Address correspondence to Li-Yin Chien, RN, ScD, MPH, 155 Li-Nong Street, Sec. 2, Bei-Tou, Taipei 11221, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - The objectives of researchers in this study were to examine acceptance and adherence to mainstream Taiwanese postpartum cultural practices and their association with postpartum depressive symptoms among Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant mothers married to Taiwanese men. While the postpartum cultural practices in China are similar to mainstream Taiwanese practices, those of Vietnam differ from Taiwanese practices. This cross-sectional survey was conducted in Taiwan from October 2007 through March 2008, and included190 immigrant mothers from China and Vietnam who had delivered a child within the past year. Immigrant mothers from China had higher levels of acceptance and adherence to mainstream Taiwanese postpartum cultural practices and a lower rate of postpartum depressive symptoms than immigrant mothers from Vietnam, but the association between adherence to "doing-the-month" practices and postpartum depressive symptoms did not vary significantly between Chinese and Vietnamese mothers. Adherence to these practices was negatively associated with postpartum depressive symptoms among immigrant mothers (OR = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.90-0.96) after adjustment for social support, duration between moving to Taiwan and delivery, and country of origin. Adherence to mainstream postpartum cultural practices was negatively associated with postpartum depressive symptoms for both Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant women married to Taiwanese men.
AB - The objectives of researchers in this study were to examine acceptance and adherence to mainstream Taiwanese postpartum cultural practices and their association with postpartum depressive symptoms among Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant mothers married to Taiwanese men. While the postpartum cultural practices in China are similar to mainstream Taiwanese practices, those of Vietnam differ from Taiwanese practices. This cross-sectional survey was conducted in Taiwan from October 2007 through March 2008, and included190 immigrant mothers from China and Vietnam who had delivered a child within the past year. Immigrant mothers from China had higher levels of acceptance and adherence to mainstream Taiwanese postpartum cultural practices and a lower rate of postpartum depressive symptoms than immigrant mothers from Vietnam, but the association between adherence to "doing-the-month" practices and postpartum depressive symptoms did not vary significantly between Chinese and Vietnamese mothers. Adherence to these practices was negatively associated with postpartum depressive symptoms among immigrant mothers (OR = 0.93, 95% CI: 0.90-0.96) after adjustment for social support, duration between moving to Taiwan and delivery, and country of origin. Adherence to mainstream postpartum cultural practices was negatively associated with postpartum depressive symptoms for both Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant women married to Taiwanese men.
KW - cultural practices
KW - culture
KW - immigrant women
KW - postpartum depression
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U2 - 10.1080/03630242.2012.697109
DO - 10.1080/03630242.2012.697109
M3 - Article
C2 - 22860702
AN - SCOPUS:84864668310
SN - 0363-0242
VL - 52
SP - 536
EP - 552
JO - Women and Health
JF - Women and Health
IS - 6
ER -