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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health, early childhood development, and parental practices: a global scoping review

2023; BioMed Central; Volume: 23; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s12889-023-15003-4

1471-2458

Ana Luiza Penna, Camila Machado de Aquino, Maria Suelly Nogueira Pinheiro, Rodrigo Leão Ferreira do Nascimento, Simone Farías-Antúnez, David Augusto Batista Sá Araújo, Carol Mita, Márcia Maria Tavares Machado, Márcia C. Castro,

Global Maternal and Child Health

In March 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), generating stark economic and social repercussions that directly or indirectly affected families' wellbeing and health status.This review aims at mapping the existing evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health, early childhood development, and parental practices, worldwide, to identify evidence gaps and better inform future delivery of care and health policy measures.Following the protocol defined by PRISMA-ScR, this scoping review has searched for relevant studies published between January 2020 and June 2021, selecting evidence sources based on pre-established criteria. From a total of 2,308 articles, data were extracted from 537 publications from 35 countries on all three health domains.The combined stressors brought forth by the pandemic have exerted a heavy burden on the mental health of mothers and the development of young children, partly mediated by its impact on parental practices.Despite remaining gaps, we have identified sufficient evidence pointing to an urgent need for more concerted global research efforts and rapid policy responses to timely address severe and pervasive negative impacts to the mental health of mothers and children at a key developmental stage.