Antenatal Depression in Immigrant Women: A Culturally Sensitive Prevention Program in Geneva (Switzerland)

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a steady increase in the number of women immigrating to Western countries from Eastern Europe and the developing nations. In Switzerland, women currently represent 50.7 % of foreigners. It is not uncommon for immigrant women to give birth shortly after their arrival, when they still have a limited social network and lack information about the functioning of local social and healthcare institutions. In a survey on the reproductive health of immigrant women in Switzerland, Bollini and Wanner (2006) reported that 20,000 women with foreign citizenship give birth every year in public hospitals. Half of them lack proficiency in one of the local languages. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)