Tackling Maternal Psychosocial Distress Among Marginalized Women in Guatemala: A Community-Based Approach

Buena Semilla (Good Seed) is a community-based, participatory intervention that consists of women’s groups for mothers within the first 1,000 days of pregnancy and motherhood (from conception to two years postpartum).  These women are the most marginalized and vulnerable within their communities (i.e. single mothers, experience of violence, poor social support, extreme poverty, psychosocial distress) and at a high-risk of mental disorders and poor pregnancy outcomes.