Post-Partum Depression (PPD) is an illness that burdens many New Zealand women (Plunket, 2014); it has an impact on personal relationships, maternal-infant interaction quality and infant’s social and cognitive development. PPD is prevalent throughout society and is a clinical practice issue that needs to be considered by nurses in order to address both postnatal depression and the flow-on effects experienced by those individuals and their children. By using the PICOT model I have b…
In this literature review I will investigate what contributing factors affect the prevalence of male suicide rates in rural communities of New Zealand. I have refined my search question using the PECOT (Whitehead, 2013) model to find specific, more accurate and useful information that I will critically discuss. I also state why I chose this topic, the implications it has within the rural setting, and how evidence gained from reviewing literature has lead me to formulate recommendat…
