A social work study on womenʹʹs experiencing depression after childbirth

Many women may have some experiences on having depression after they give birth to their children. When a husband provides continuous support during his wifeʹs pregnancy, his presence may be effective in reducing her dissatisfaction with the childbirth process. This paper presents a survey on measuring the effect of counseling programs for husbands to provide more support for their pregnant wives. The study selects a sample of 60 people from pregnant people who approached Shahid Beheshti hospital in city of Esfahan, Iran in 2012. The findings of the survey indicate that there was no relationship between women’s age, educational background, infant’s gender, pregnancy type and depression. However, the study detects some meaningful relationship between pregnancy type, i.e. surgery or natural, and depression (t-student=3.19 ?=0.003).