Mothers Avoiding Depression Through Empowerment Intervention Trial

Postpartum depressive symptoms are a major health problem that affects hundreds of women annually. The investgators propose to test an intervention to reduce postpartum depressive symptoms and prevent elevated levels of depressive symptoms in postpartum mothers by preparing and educating women about specific situational triggers of depressive symptoms, by bolstering personal and social resources, by enhancing self-management skills to buffer postpartum demands, and by increasing access to existing healthcare and community resources available to postpartum mothers.