Integrating trauma- and violence-informed care for adolescent mothers in Rwanda: a qualitative study with community health workers

• Main Authors: Aimable Nkurunziza (Author), Victoria L. Smye (Author), C. Nadine Wathen (Author), Kimberley T. Jackson (Author), David F. Cechetto (Author), Panagiota Tryphonopoulos (Author), Darius Gishoma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction In Rwanda, maternal community health workers play a critical role to improving maternal, newborn and child health, but little is known about their specific experiences with adolescent mothers, who face unique challenges, including trauma, ongoing violence, stigma, ostracism, me...