Mental health experiences of mothers in Jos, Nigeria: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is an increasing mental health disease burden in mothers with infants and young children, especially in low- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria. Children of distressed mothers suffer early-life exposure from the effects of maternal distress which contributes to the risk of physical and mental health problems in their childhood and beyond. This study explored mental health lived experiences of mothers in Jos, Nigeria.

Methods

Purposive and Snowball sampling techniques were adopted, and a total of 40 mothers participated with 8 to 11 participants in one of the four focus group discussions. Participants were between the ages of 18 and 43 years, self-identified as mothers with each having a child between the ages of 3 and 48 months. Each focus group las

SUBMITTER: Jidong DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8040383 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature