Measurement of maternal functioning during pregnancy and postpartum: findings from the cross-sectional WHO pilot study in Jamaica, Kenya, and Malawi

• Main Authors: Jenny A. Cresswell (Author), Kelli D. Barbour (Author), Doris Chou (Author), Affette McCaw-Binns (Author), Veronique Filippi (Author), Jose Guilherme Cecatti (Author), Maria Barreix (Author), Max Petzold (Author), Nenad Kostanjsek (Author), Sara Cottler-Casanova (Author), Lale Say (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The World Health Organization's definition of maternal morbidity refers to "a negative impact on the woman's wellbeing and/or functioning". Many studies have documented the, mostly negative, effects of maternal ill-health on functioning. Although conceptually...