abstract: 'Low-income and ethnic minority women have been described as at risk for

  experiencing depression during and around the time of pregnancy, a

  finding complicated by low levels of mental health service use within

  this population. This study retrospectively examined data from a

  community-based perinatal depression project targeting low-income women

  in which many barriers to care were removed and a range of services

  could be elected from social work, specialty mental health, primary

  care, and peer support. The study focused on 206 women who self-referred

  to the project after community-based screening. In this sample, the mean

  age was 25.49 years, with 53\% of participants identified as women of

  color, and 76\% had income at or below 185\% of the poverty level. The

  characteristics within this sample most strongly associated with service

  use varied among sectors of care. Women of color and women with elevated

  psychosocial risk were significantly more likely to use social work home

  visiting, whereas current depressive symptom level predicted specialty

  mental health sector treatment but not other sectors of care. Findings

  from this study compel future research to consider the complex factors

  influencing women''s use of mental health services among multiple sectors

  of care.'
affiliation: 'Price, SK (Corresponding Author), Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Sch Social
  Work, 1001 W Franklin St,POB 842027, Richmond, VA 23284 USA.

  Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Sch Social Work, Richmond, VA 23284 USA.'
author: Price, Sarah Kye
author-email: skprice@vcu.edu
author_list:
- family: Price
  given: Sarah Kye
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/swr/34.3.145
eissn: 1545-6838
files: []
issn: 1070-5309
journal: SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH
keywords: 'community-based research; depression; mental health services; service

  utilization; women'
keywords-plus: TREATING DEPRESSION; POSTPARTUM; PREGNANCY; MOOD; HELP
language: English
month: SEP
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '30'
pages: 145-155
papis_id: 1fcf452d65780d5087c12b2c9d05e15d
ref: Price2010womensuse
researcherid-numbers: Price, Sarah K/G-9140-2012
times-cited: '5'
title: Women's Use of Multisector Mental Health Services in a Community-based Perinatal
  Depression Program
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000293691000003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '13'
volume: '34'
web-of-science-categories: Social Work
year: '2010'