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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Depression Research and Treatment Volume 2011, Article ID 320605, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2011/320605 Research Article Screening and Referral for Postpartum Depression among Low-Income Women: A Qualitative Perspective from Community Health Workers Rhonda C. Boyd,1 Marjie Mogul,2 Deena Newman,3 and James C. Coyne4 1 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market Street, Suite 1230, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA 2 Research Department, Maternity Care Coalition, 2000 Hamilton Street, Suite 205, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA 3 Department of Psychology, La Salle University, 1900 West Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA 4 Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market Street, 6th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Rhonda C. Boyd, rboyd@ Received 1 November 2010; Accepted 1 March 2011 Academic Editor: John R. Seeley Copyright © 2011 Rhonda C. Boyd et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Postpartum depression is a serious and common psychiatric illness. Mothers living in poverty are more likely to be depressed and have greater barriers to accessing treatment than the general population. Mental health utilization is particularly limited for women with postpartum depression and low-income, minority women. As part of an academic-community partnership, focus groups were utilized to examine staff practices, barriers, and facilitators in mental health refer