Exploring the influence of postnatal depression on neonatal care practices among mothers in Western Kenya: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postnatal depression (PND) is associated with adverse infant neurodevelopmental outcomes. Evidence is limited on how PND influences neonatal (<28 days old) outcomes in low- and middle-income countries, such as Kenya, which bear the global burden of neonatal morbidity and mortality.

Objectives

To explore how PND influences neonatal feeding and care practices among women in the early postnatal period in rural Western Kenya.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted at 2-weeks postpartum among mothers of newborn infants identified <72 h old from the postnatal wards and clinics across five health facilities in Kisumu County of Western Kenya. They were all screened for features suggestive of postnatal depression usi

SUBMITTER: Gribbin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10411280 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature