The mental health of adolescent girls from a tribal region of Central Rural India during the COVID-19 pandemic - A cross-sectional study to determine the role of gender disadvantage.
Monica ShrivastavSaisha VasudevaTanvi GulatiBharati SahuAbhishek SaraswatNeha R AbrahamSarita AnandRika S XaxaJagjit MinjMahendra PrajapatiPrabha S ChandraVani SethiPublished in: Journal of neurosciences in rural practice (2022)
This study indicates the importance of decreasing gender disadvantage for improving the mental health of young women and girls in underserved areas. The role of peer group interventions and engaging men and boys using gender transformative interventions in improving mental health needs to be studied.