Benefits of psychosocial support for adolescent mothers on infant development and maternal mental wellbeing in Rakai and Kyotera, Uganda: Quasi-experimental study

• Esther Nakyaze ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esther Nakyaze, Mark Pesner, Marc Sklar, Daniel Murokora

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: esther.nakyaze@gmail.com

  Current Address: Makerere University College of Health Science, Kampala, Uganda

  Affiliation Babies and Mothers Alive Foundation, Masaka City, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7818-7481

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• Mark Pesner ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esther Nakyaze, Mark Pesner, Marc Sklar, Daniel Murokora

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Therapeutic Options, Fairfield, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Marc Sklar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esther Nakyaze, Mark Pesner, Marc Sklar, Daniel Murokora

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Babies and Mothers Alive USA, New York, United States of America

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• Eleanor Nakintu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current Address: Babies and Mother Alive Foundation, Masaka City, Uganda

  Affiliation Babies and Mothers Alive Foundation, Masaka City, Uganda

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• Elizabeth B. Magill ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ EM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America

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• Jolly Nankunda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current Address: Makerere University College of Health Science, Kampala, Uganda

  Affiliation Makerere University College of Health Science, Kampala, Uganda

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• Richard Kimaka,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Current Address: Babies and Mother Alive Foundation, Masaka City, Uganda

  Affiliation Babies and Mothers Alive Foundation, Masaka City, Uganda

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• Daniel Murokora

  Contributed equally to this work with: Esther Nakyaze, Mark Pesner, Marc Sklar, Daniel Murokora

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current Address: Babies and Mother Alive Foundation, Masaka City, Uganda

  Affiliation Babies and Mothers Alive Foundation, Masaka City, Uganda

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