Cohort profile: maternal and child health and parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceara, Brazil: birth cohort study (Iracema-COVID).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Maternal and child health and parenting practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ceará (Iracema-COVID) is a longitudinal, prospective population-based birth cohort designed to understand the effects of the pandemic and social withdrawal in maternal mental health, child development and parenting practices of mothers and families.

Participants

A sample of mothers who gave birth in July and August 2020 (n=351) was enrolled in the study in January 2021. Interviews were conducted by telephone. Data were collected through standardised questionnaires that, in addition to sociodemographic and economic data, collected information on breast feeding, mental health status and COVID-19.

Findings to date

Results from the first wave show that the majority of participants ha

SUBMITTER: Castro MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9160586 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature