Maternal mental health and child nutritional status in an urban slum in Bangladesh
A cross-sectional study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19595071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ahad Mahmud Khan (0000-0002-4347-0825, Biomedical Research Foundation, corresponding author) |
| Editors | Dickson Abanimi Amugsi |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | e0000871 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375 |
| Publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000871 |
| PMID | 36962625 |
| OpenAlex | W4306843416 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 30 |
Poor mental health may diminish a mother’s capacity to adequately care for her child, resulting in a negative impact on the child’s nutrition. This study aims to determine the association between maternal mental health and child nutritional status in a poor urban population in Bangladesh. We carried out a cross-sectional study among 264 mother-child pairs in an urban slum area of Bangladesh. The Self-Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20) was used to assess maternal mental health. An SRQ-20 score ≥7 was considered a common mental disorder (CMD). Anthropometric measurements were performed to assess nutritional status of the children. The prevalence of maternal CMD was 46.2%. Maternal CMD was associated with poorer child feeding practice (p
Anthropometry · Body mass index · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Malnutrition · Mental health · Overweight · Population · Psychiatry · Slum · Underweight · Wasting · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Pediatrics
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |