1. Psychosocial distress among women following a natural disaster in a low- to middle-income country: 'healthy mothers, healthy communities' study in Vanuatu
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Akira Kaneko, Kelsey N. Dancause, Chim W. Chan, Fasiah Taleo, Alysa Pomer, J Hunter Sizemore, Giavana Buffa, Jimmy Obed, Jerry Iaruel, Apisai Tokon, Marie-Belle Ayoub, Len Tarivonda, and George Taleo
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Adult ,Developing country ,Psychological Distress ,Affect (psychology) ,Middle income country ,Disasters ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Vanuatu ,Pregnancy ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Environmental health ,Humans ,Medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Natural disaster ,Developing Countries ,reproductive and urinary physiology ,030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine ,Cyclonic Storms ,business.industry ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,medicine.disease ,Mental health ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Distress ,Female ,business ,Psychosocial - Abstract
Natural disasters have major consequences for mental health in low- and middle-income countries. Symptoms are often more pronounced among women. We analyzed patterns and predictors of distress among pregnant and non-pregnant women 3-4 and 15-16 months after a cyclone in Vanuatu, a low- to middle-income country. Distress levels were high among both pregnant and non-pregnant women, although pregnant women showed lower longer-term symptoms. Low dietary diversity predicted greater distress, which could affect women even in villages with little cyclone damage.
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- 2019
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