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Women’s Experiences and Perceptions of Depression in India: A Metaethnography
- Source :
- Qualitative Health Research. 29:80-95
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2018.
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Abstract
- In India, social determinants of health, including poverty, domestic violence, and inadequate social support disproportionately affect women, leaving them more vulnerable to depression than men. We conducted a metaethnography to synthesize qualitative data from 13 studies (1987–2017) that explored women’s experiences and perceptions of depression in India. We used a feminist standpoint to critically examine how gender shapes these experiences and perceptions. Indian women’s experiences of depression were embedded in their social worlds. Women perceived interpersonal conflict, caregiving burden, domestic violence, financial insecurity, adverse reproductive events and widowhood as causes of depression. Women used cultural expressions to describe physical, emotional, and cognitive distress. The detrimental impact of discriminatory social conditions, gender inequalities, and traditional gender roles on Indian women’s mental health highlights the need for gender-sensitive mental health research and practice that can attend to women’s sociocultural context and promote values of gender equality and social justice.
- Subjects :
- Domestic Violence
Health Status
India
Interpersonal communication
Developmental psychology
Conflict, Psychological
03 medical and health sciences
Social support
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
030212 general & internal medicine
Social determinants of health
Poverty
Qualitative Research
Cultural Characteristics
030504 nursing
Depression
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Gender Identity
Social environment
Mental health
Distress
Mental Health
Caregivers
Socioeconomic Factors
Women's Health
Domestic violence
Female
Perception
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Stress, Psychological
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15527557 and 10497323
- Volume :
- 29
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Qualitative Health Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....961927444a91f74e33212e4aa9bcb3bf