National Survey of Children’s Health Is Representative of Children, Not Mothers or Other Caregivers

To the Editor We read with interest the recent article by Daw et al, “Trends and Disparities in Maternal Self-Reported Mental and Physical Health.” This study addresses an important and timely topic—maternal mental health—using data from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). As data stewards, we are concerned that the analyses and framing of the study’s findings overstate their generalizability to the population of US mothers and overlooks declines in mental health among other caregivers.

from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/l7uhbrL