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Enhanced Problem-solving Therapy and HIV Engagement Support to Improve Perinatal Mental Health & HIV Outcomes in Malawi

RecruitingNA

Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Conditions: HIV, Depression, Depression, Postpartum

Interventions: Enhanced Friendship Bench, Enhanced usual care

Countries: Malawi

The main objective of the proposed study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Enhanced Friendship Bench intervention to improve perinatal depression, HIV care engagement, and infant health outcomes among pregnant women with HIV and depression in Malawi.

Eligibility overview

Sex: FEMALE

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: No

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Presenting for antenatal care at one of our 5 recruitment sites
* ≥ 18 years of age
* ≤ 34 weeks gestation
* HIV-positive, based on medical records
* Initiating, re-initiating, or on established ART during index pregnancy
* Elevated depressive symptoms as indicated by a EPDS score ≥10. The EPDS is widely used to assess perinatal mood disorders that has been validated in perinatal populations in Malawi with this cut point to identify probable perinatal depression

Exclusion Criteria:

* Suicidal ideation evaluated as acute risk.
* Other health concerns requiring emergent response.

Locations (5)

Lilongwe, Malawi
Lilongwe, Malawi
Lilongwe, Malawi
Lilongwe, Malawi
Lilongwe, Malawi