Trial reportNutrients2019
Nutrition, Hygiene and Stimulation Education for Impoverished Mothers in Rural Uganda: Effect on Maternal Depression Symptoms and Their Associations to Child Development Outcomes.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Primary-level and community worker interventions for the prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of well-being in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Nutrition Education Programs Aimed at African Mothers of Infant Children: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Parenting interventions to promote early child development in the first three years of life: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Short-term, medium-term and long-term effects of early parenting interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2021Pooled it
- Education of family members to support weaning to solids and nutrition in later infancy in term-born infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
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- Longitudinal assessments of child growth: A six-year follow-up of a cluster-randomized maternal education trial.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2021Trial
- Effects of a community health worker delivered intervention on maternal depressive symptoms in rural Tanzania.Health policy and planning · 2021Trial
- E-Screening for Prenatal Depression in Kampala, Uganda Using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale: Survey Results.Online journal of public health informatics · 2025Article
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- Associations between sociodemographic exposures, growth and development during infancy with development at the age of eight years among children: Analysis of a maternal education trial in rural Uganda.Journal of global health · 2024Article
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- Maternal adverse childhood experiences, child mental health, and the mediating effect of maternal depression: A cross-sectional, population-based study in rural, southwestern Uganda.American journal of biological anthropology · 2023Article
- The Effectiveness of Interactive Text Messaging and Structured Psychosocial Support Groups on Developmental Milestones of Children From Adolescent Pregnancies in Kenya: Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2023Article
- Cross-cultural research on child development and maternal mental health in low-and middle-income countries.Current opinion in behavioral sciences · 2020Article
- The influence of social support in the prevention and treatment of postpartum depression: An intervention-based narrative review.Women's health (London, England)Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Optimal nutrition improves child development, and impaired development is associated with maternal depression symptoms, in particular in low resource settings. In this follow-up of an open cluster-randomized education trial, we examined its effects among mothers in rural Uganda on their depression symptoms and the association of these symptoms to child development. The education comprised complementary feeding, stimulation, and hygiene. We assessed 77 intervention mothers and 78 controls using Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) scores. Child development was assessed with Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III (BSID-III) composite scores for cognitive, language and motor development. Compared to controls, the intervention reduced depression symptoms' scores with mean (95% CI) differences: -8.26 (-11.49 to -1.13,
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