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PREVALENCE OF AND ATTITUDES TOWARD DEPRESSION AMONG FILIPINO AMERICAN WOMEN
By Valerie Mae Kading
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A Master’s Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the COLLEGE OF NURSING In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2004
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STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at The University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this thesis are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the head of the major department or the Dean of the Graduate College when in his or her judgment the proposed use of the material is in the interests of scholarship. In all other instances, however, permission must be obtained from the author.
SIGNED:_______________________________________
APPROVAL BY THESIS DIRECTOR This thesis has been approved on the date shown below:
__________________________________________________ Judith A. Berg, PhD, RNC, WHNP, FAANP Associate Professor of Nursing
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Acknowledgements I would like to thank my thesis chair, Dr. Judy Berg, for her guidance, encouragement, and expertise. For over 4 years and 2 nursing degrees, you have been my mentor and role model. Thank you for believing in me and for all the encouragement, hugs, and kind words of advice. With each of my accomplishments over the years, you have been a significant contributing factor. I would like to thank my thesis committee, Dr. Terry Badger and Mary Vincenz, MSN, PMHNP. I appreciate the expertise on depression that you both contributed to this study. Thank you for your recommendations and valuable
By Valerie Mae Kading
_______________________
A Master’s Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the COLLEGE OF NURSING In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2004
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STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at The University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this thesis are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the head of the major department or the Dean of the Graduate College when in his or her judgment the proposed use of the material is in the interests of scholarship. In all other instances, however, permission must be obtained from the author.
SIGNED:_______________________________________
APPROVAL BY THESIS DIRECTOR This thesis has been approved on the date shown below:
__________________________________________________ Judith A. Berg, PhD, RNC, WHNP, FAANP Associate Professor of Nursing
_______________ Date
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Acknowledgements I would like to thank my thesis chair, Dr. Judy Berg, for her guidance, encouragement, and expertise. For over 4 years and 2 nursing degrees, you have been my mentor and role model. Thank you for believing in me and for all the encouragement, hugs, and kind words of advice. With each of my accomplishments over the years, you have been a significant contributing factor. I would like to thank my thesis committee, Dr. Terry Badger and Mary Vincenz, MSN, PMHNP. I appreciate the expertise on depression that you both contributed to this study. Thank you for your recommendations and valuable
References: Figure 1. Bio-Psychosocial-Cultural Model (Lee et al., 1994) 15 19 Ying and Hu (1994) described the use of public outpatient mental health treatment facilities and treatment use and outcomes among Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Southeast-Asian Americans in the Los Angeles area 20 Hu, Snowden, Jerrell and Nguyen (1991) further described ethnic group differences in mental health service utilizations in two California counties