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Maternal mental health and child well-being in Nigeria: A systematic review.
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- The perinatal mental health experiences of black immigrant mothers in the UK: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Anxiety, stress, and psychological capital among multiparous women: a cross-sectional study of second pregnancies.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Prevalence and determinants of postpartum depression among postnatal clinic attendees at the Gwarinpa General Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.The Pan African medical journal · 2026Article
- Predictors of psychological distress among postpartum women at a tertiary health institution in Nigeria.Discover mental health · 2025Article
- A multi-centred pilot randomised controlled trial of learning through play plus culturally adapted cognitive behaviour therapy for treating postnatal depression in Nigerian women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Caring Under Pressure: Investigating Parental Attitudes in Mother-Child Chronic Illness Dynamics.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Impact of maternal depression on malnutrition treatment outcomes in older children with sickle cell anemia.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Context dependent cognitive development in Bhutanese children.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Bipolar disorders in Nigeria: a mixed-methods study of patients, family caregivers, clinicians, and the community members' perspectives.International journal of bipolar disorders · 2023Article
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Maternal mental health distress has a disease burden of severe adverse effects for both mother and child. This review identified maternal mental health concerns, their impact on child growth and the current practice of maternal healthcare for both mothers and their children in Nigeria. The Population, phenomenon of Interest and Context (PICo) model was adopted to formulate the review strategy, and five databases were searched for published articles between 1999 and 2019. Databases include Scopus, PubMed, ProQuest, Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts and Web of Science. Boolean operators (AND/OR/NOT) helped to ensure rigorous use of search terms which include 'maternal', 'pre/peri/postnatal', 'mental health', 'mental illness', 'disorders', 'intervention,' 'Nigeria', 'child', 'infant growth', and 'wellbeing'. Thirty-four studies met the inclusion criteria, and extracted data were qualitatively synthesised and analysed thematically. Five themes emerged. These include (i) marital difficulties, (ii) relationship status of the mother, (iii) child's gender, (iv) mode of child delivery and (v) child growth and development. The review showed a significant paucity of literature on the impact of specific maternal mental health problems on child physical growth and cognitive development. We concluded that culturally appropriate and evidence-based psychological interventions for maternal mental health problems would benefit Nigerian indigenous mothers. Therefore, the study recommends randomised controlled trials that are culturally appropriate and cost-effective for distressed mothers with children.
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