Mental Health

EXPanding care fOr periNATal women with dEpression (EXPONATE) is a program of research at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. It is designed to test the impact of an intervention package for perinatal depression, delivered by community midwives, on alleviating maternal depression and preventing its negative consequences for infant growth and development.

Alice Cepeda from the University of Southern California in the U.S. will project short 3-D messages given by crack users on selected walls and buildings to illustrate the dangers of crack use on HIV risk, and to promote healthy behavior and testing in local communities. Mexico has seen a recent increase in crack cocaine consumption, which is associated with an increased risk of HIV. They will focus on a vulnerable community in Mexico City, and select message content and ideal sites and times to project the messages.