Perinatal mental health care differs around the world. We provide a global perspective on
the current status of service provision, barriers and facilitators to access, and strategies to …

The field of global mental health (GMH) has undergone profound changes over the past
decade. Outgrowing its earlier agenda it has performed a reflexive turn, broadened towards …

Gender inequality remains a prevalent global concern and has been identified as a
significant contributing factor to the occurrence of child marriages. Child marriage is a …

Motherhood under 15 years is constructed as having crossed the line of societal morals and
this construction shapes the provision of sexual and reproductive health services (SRH) for …

This study evaluated the effect of Momentum–an integrated family planning, maternal and
newborn health, and nutrition intervention–on postpartum family planning norms and …

Introduction Depression is increasingly affecting mothers in poor countries such as Uganda.
Various interventions have been implemented to tackle this problem, but their sustainability …

Water insecurity and other social-ecological factors may be associated with depression in
low and middle-income contexts (LMICs). This is understudied among urban refugee youth …

Water insecurity (WI) and food insecurity (FI), each associated with violence exposure, are
understudied in urban humanitarian settings. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with …

Healthcare providers to pregnant and postpartum women have a vital role to play in
addressing their mental health. Perinatal mental health must be prioritized given the dearth …

Adolescent pregnancy and early motherhood are often constructed in contemporary
literature, policy and academic discourses as a sociocultural-political problem. While the …