Psychosocial impacts of Baby Friendly Spaces for Rohingya refugee mothers in Bangladesh: A pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Glob Ment Health (Camb)
; 11: e64, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
This study evaluated the effectiveness of Baby Friendly Spaces (BFS), a psychosocial support program for Rohingya refugee mothers of malnourished young children in Bangladesh. Because BFS was already being implemented, we examined the benefit of enhancing implementation supports.Methods:
In matched pairs, 10 sites were randomized to provide BFS treatment as usual (BFS-TAU) or to receive enhanced implementation support (BFS-IE). 600 mothers were enrolled and reported on maternal distress, functional impairment, subjective well-being and coping at baseline and 8-week follow-up. Data were analyzed using multilevel linear regression models to account for clustering; sensitivity analyses adjusted for the small number of clusters.Results:
Significant within-group improvements in BFSIE were observed for distres (-.48, p = .014), functional impairment (-.30, p = .002) and subjective well-being (.92, p = .011); improvements in BFS-TAU were smaller and not statistically significant. Between-group comparisons favored BFS-IE for distress (ß = -.30, p = .058) and well-being (ß = .58, p = .038). Sensitivity adjustments produced p-values above .05 for all between-group comparisons.Discussion:
Feasible adjustments to implementation can improve program delivery to increase impact on maternal distress and well-being. Although results should be interpreted with caution, study design limitations are common in pragmatic, field-based research.
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Glob Ment Health (Camb)
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
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Estados Unidos