Gender Transformative Interventions for Perinatal Mental Health in Low and Middle Income Countries—A Scoping Review
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Perinatal mental health problems are linked to poor outcomes for mothers, babies and families. In the context of Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC), a leading risk factor is gender disparity. Addressing gender disparity, by involving fathers, mothers in law and other family members can significantly improve perinatal and maternal healthcare, including risk factors for poor perinatal mental health such as domestic violence and poor social support. This highlights the need to develop and implement gender-transformative (GT) interventions that seek to engage with men and reduce or overcome gender-based constraints. This scoping review aimed to highlight existing gender transformative interventions from LMIC that specifically aimed to address perinatal mental health (partner violence, anxiety or depression and partner support) and identify components of the intervention that were found to be useful and acceptable. This review follows the five-stage Arksey and O'Malley framework and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist. Six papers that met the inclusion criteria were included in the review (four from Africa and two from Asia). Common components of gender transformative interventions across studies included couple-based interventions and discussion groups. Gender inequity and related factors are a strong risk for poor perinatal mental health and the dearth of studies highlights the strong need for better evidence of GT interventions in this area
Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Suicide prevention · Transformative learning · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology
Designing Men’s Health Programs
Reframing labour companionship
Father involvement is a protective factor for maternal mental health in Western Kenya
The mental health impact on women of engaging men in health interventions in low- and middle-income countries
Beyond survival
Correlates of maternal, newborn and child health services uptake, including male partner involvement
Gender, Poverty, and Postnatal Depression
The Prevalence of Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
Perinatal mental health
Enhancing the scoping study methodology
Gender-transformative Bandebereho couples’ intervention to promote male engagement in reproductive and maternal health and violence prevention in Rwanda
The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on intimate partner violence and mental health
Characteristics of successful programmes targeting gender inequality and restrictive gender norms for the health and wellbeing of children, adolescents, and young adults
Father Involvement in Early Childhood Care
Gender-transformative programming with men and boys to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights
Examining the bi-directional relationship between intimate partner violence and depression
Engaging women and men in the gender-synchronised, community-based Mbereko+Men intervention to improve maternal mental health and perinatal care-seeking in Manicaland, Zimbabwe
Socio-cultural and service delivery dimensions of maternal mortality in rural central India
Explaining the impact of a women's group led community mobilisation intervention on maternal and newborn health outcomes
Association between gender disadvantage factors and postnatal psychological distress among young women
Negative Childbirth Experience and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder - A Study Among Postpartum Women in South India
Our Healthy Clarence
Impact of a complex gender-transformative intervention on maternal and child health outcomes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Gender Equality as a Means to Improve Maternal and Child Health in Africa
Challenging gender inequity through male involvement in maternal and newborn health
Rural Art Roadshow
Gender accommodative versus transformative approaches
The promises and limitations of gender-transformative health programming with men
Scoping studies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |