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Buena Semilla (Good Seed)

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Start Date: 15/03/2017- End Date: 31/03/2019


Project Lead(s): Anne Marie Chomat

Buena Semilla (Good Seed) is a community-based, participatory intervention that consists of women’s groups for mothers within the first 1,000 days of pregnancy and motherhood (from conception to two years postpartum).  These women are the most marginalized and vulnerable within their communities (i.e. single mothers, experience of violence, poor social support, extreme poverty, psychosocial distress) and at a high-risk of mental disorders and poor pregnancy outcomes. The innovation consists of ten carefully articulated sessions facilitated by trained women peers which aim to improve the mental wellbeing, self-esteem, self-efficacy, coping strategies, problem-solving skills, knowledge, and social networks of new mothers– all critical intermediary outcomes for improved maternal and child health. Tackling maternal psychosocial distress among marginalized women in Guatemala: a community-based approach

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    Program

    Global Mental Health

    Institution

    McGill University

    Institution Country

    Canada

    Implementation Country

    Guatemala

    Implementation Region

    Latin America and Caribbean

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