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Paper Presentation

Evidence-based Practice & Research and Program Evaluation

Session: Socioeconomic Determinants of Mental Health: Policy Evaluation and Equity-Informed Research

Depression in US Women Welfare Recipients

U.S. women receiving welfare face high risk of depression. Nearly one in three experience clinical depression, as revealed by a meta-analysis of 50 studies with 225,010 participants. Findings emphasize the urgent need for welfare programs to address maternal depression as it affects child-rearing, employment, and disability outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
  1. Describe the risks of depression in U.S. women who are welfare recipients.
  2. Describe the use of systematic review and meta-analysis to gain accurate data on the extent of the problem of depression in this population.
  3. Describe policy and practice implications from the results of the study in service of U.S. women on welfare who suffer from depression.