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Beyond survival

Prioritizing the unmet mental health needs of pregnant and postpartum women and their caregivers

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ID19590983
AuthorsLaura Fitzgerald (corresponding author), Shanon McNab (0000-0002-2874-0495, corresponding author), Pasqueline Njau (corresponding author), Prabha S Chandra (0000-0003-2902-6389, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, corresponding author), Prabha Chandra, Phiona Koyiet (0000-0002-8481-9253, corresponding author), Rebecca Levine (Futures Group (United States), corresponding author), Pandora Hardtman (corresponding author), Suzanne Stalls (corresponding author)
EditorsDixon Chibanda (0000-0003-2505-8607)
Year2024
Volume4
Issue2
Pagese0002782
Publication date2024-02-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375
PublisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1371/journal.pgph.0002782
PMID38315641
OpenAlexW4391529489
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

Two alarming and consequential truths were exposed and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. First, a global mental health crisis endangers the well-being of families, communities, countries, and the personnel that support them. This crisis has particularly damaging implications for adolescents, pregnant and postpartum women, mothers, and health care workers Second, improvements in the health, survival, and well-being of pregnant, childbearing, and postpartum women around the world have stalled. A recent global report found that the much-celebrated improvements in maternal mortality ratios have, in fact, stagnated or worsened in sub-Saharan and Northern Africa, Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand); Western, Eastern, and South-Eastern Asia; Europe and Northern America; and Latin America and the Caribbean between 2016 and 2020 The evidence clearly shows that the mental health and survival of pregnant and postpartum women have been sidelined

Maternal morbidity · Mental health · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology

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Citations per year4
Citation span2025 - 2026 (2)
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