Clinical Trial: Mental Health, Gender-Based Violence, and Stunting in Tanzania
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Mental Health Issue
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Establishing a Community-led, Family-centered Mental Wellness Initiative in Rural Tanzania
Brief Summary:
One in three children under the age of five in Tanzania experience stunting, which is defined as impairments in growth and development that often occur after poor nutrition, poor health, and low psychosocial stimulation.Research suggests that mental health problems of parents may be related to stunting outcomes and parental mental health is closely related to experiences of intimate partner violence, also called gender-based violence.However, very little research exists on the connection between these elements,…
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