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Project

Khat use during pregnancy: impact on child development, parenting and maternal mental health

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01W05720

Duration

01 October 2020 → 30 September 2025

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Gilbert Lemmens

Research disciplines

Social sciences
- Child welfare
Medical and health sciences
- Obstetrics
- Behavioural sciences
- Public health sciences not elsewhere classified
- Behavioural sciences

Keywords

child development parenting drug use mental health pregnancy Ethiopia.

Project description

Khat use is widely prevalent in East-Africa and frequently consumed by women during pregnancy. Research on the consequences of prenatal khat exposure for child development and parenting scarce. Therefore, this project will examine the effects of khat use during pregnancy on child development, maternal mental health and parenting in the Jimma region in Ethiopia.

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