Effect of a lay counselor delivered integrated maternal mental health and early childhood development group-based intervention in Siaya County, Kenya: A quasi-experimental longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal mental health is linked to early childhood development; yet there is a gap in evidence-based interventions for low-resource settings. This study estimates the impact of 'Integrated Mothers and Babies Course and Early Childhood Development' (iMBC/ECD), a cognitive-behavioral, group-based intervention, on maternal depression and early childhood social-emotional development in Siaya County, Kenya.

Methods

This quasi-experimental study enrolled 417 pregnant women and mothers of children under age 2 across two sub-counties in Siaya County. The intervention area had 193 women in 23 groups implementing iMBC/ECD and the control area had 224 women in 30 groups exposed to ECD only content. Mother/index child dyads were followed for two years. To estimate the causal

SUBMITTER: Kim ET 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8863180 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature