Mental Health Status of Lactating Women Residing in Urban Slums and Rural Areas of South India: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Almost one in every fourth of lactating women residing in urban slums and rural areas will suffer from mental health issues. LSCS type of delivery and class IV and V SES have a negative impact on the mental health status of lactating women from rural areas. Nuclear family, breastfeeding less than eight times per day, class IV and V SES, and unintentional pregnancy have negative impacts in urban slums.
Authors
- Chittooru Chandra Sekhar
- C K Naveen
- T. Madhu
- Aswathy Sreedevi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6037-9265)
- Se. Mec. Dev Muhammad Arif
- Srinivas Rao Darimisetty
- Niharika Borugadda
- Mandava Harshita
Institutions
- Government Medical College (IN)
- Government Medical College (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_791_23
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00