Open AccessMaternal depression and its association with responsive feeding and nutritional status of infants: A cross-sectional study from a rural medical college in central India
Author(s) -
Madhura Joshi,
Abhishek Raut
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_479_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , depression (economics) , environmental health , association (psychology) , pediatrics , rural area , family medicine , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Globally, around half of all under-5 deaths are attributable to undernutrition. The magnitude of child undernutrition in India is one of the highest in the world. Responsive feeding that has the potential to optimize nutrition and development depends on a "healthy mother".