Come Together to Decrease Depression: Women's mental health, social capital, and participation in a Kenyan combined microfinance program.
Michael L GoodmanAleisha J ElliottStanley GitariPhilip KeiserErica OnwuegbuchuNicole MichaelSarah SeidelPublished in: The International journal of social psychiatry (2020)
Findings suggest this novel, community-based intervention has the potential to benefit mental health. Future research, including a randomised control trial, is required to establish (1) the extent of the program's benefits and (2) the program's application to particular subject areas and population segments.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- quality improvement
- clinical trial
- mental illness
- randomized controlled trial
- healthcare
- physical activity
- depressive symptoms
- open label
- study protocol
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- current status
- double blind
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- pregnant women
- pregnancy outcomes
- climate change
- placebo controlled