APA 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Postpartum Depression
4 Apr 2017
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Intervention: action taken to improve a situation, something done to bring about change. Multiple types: political intervention: leaders getting together to bring about change or to solve a problem. (policy, military: if policy fails, forceful action is taken. (war. , medical: improve aspect of health or prevent/treat disease or illness. Multiple levels: individual (ex: personal training), group (ex: spin classes), community (clubs and organizations), and policy (ex: national sport policies. ) Postnatal depression affects 10-15% women; use of exercise as an intervention. Exercise intervention (included social support and encouragement to exercise) may be an effective treatment for women with postnatal depression. Frailty syndrome in elderly embodies elevated risk of catastrophic decline in health and function (brink of breaking something. ) Exercise intervention (structured pa program) given to experimental group.
