Benefits of psychosocial support for adolescent mothers on infant development and maternal mental wellbeing in Rakai and Kyotera, Uganda: Quasi-experimental study.

ABSTRACT: Twenty-four percent of Ugandan women give birth before the age of twenty, which is the highest proportion in East Africa. Recent literature shows that 65% of the adolescent pregnancies in Uganda are unplanned and unwanted. Due to cultural stigma, these adolescent mothers face significant challenges that may impact their mental wellbeing and their infants' development. To address this gap, Babies and Mothers Alive Foundation collaborated with the Ugandan Ministry of Health to conduct the Mama Ambassador Program (MAP) research study from March 2019 to August 2020. The MAP was a fifteen-session group psychosocial intervention conducted monthly by trained community health workers. The sessions were implemented from the third trimester of pregnancy through twelve months after birth using a curr

SUBMITTER: Nakyaze E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12680244 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature