As community engagement (CE) is implemented for sustainable maternal and newborn
health (MNH) programming, it is important to determine how these approaches work. Low …

Households in the coastal areas are more vulnerable to various environmental, social, and
economic disruptions in terms of an intersectionality point of view. As a first step in mitigating …

Public health restrictions to protect physical health during the COVID-19 pandemic had
unintended effects on mental health, which may have disproportionately affected some …

Objective This study examines the association between parental engagement and
subsequent delayed marriage of adolescent girls and, secondarily, to assess whether …

Background Over the last 20 years, global healthcare has placed a major focus on
improving the survival rates of mothers and children, recognizing the potential to prevent a …

The continuum of care (CoC) in maternal health refers to the continuity of individual
reproductive health care across the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods. The CoC …

Background Health agency refers to one's capacity to form health-related goals, experience
control, and possess the means to pursue them. Low socioeconomic status (SES) is linked …

Perinatal depression is a major public health problem that is under-treated in low-and
middle-income countries, with negative community attitudes often cited as a major barrier to …

Introduction Most new-born babies are born at home in rural communities which is not new
phenomenon due to lack of access to primary healthcare services and trained skilled health …

Background Maternal and neonatal mortality in Uganda remain persistently high. While
utilisation of maternal health services has been shown to reduce the risk of maternal death …