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Conference Material > Slide Presentation

Trans-affirmative psychosocial care provision during public health emergencies: Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic

D'Souza S, Sharma P, Raghuram H, Shaikh A, Ramchandra G,  et al.
MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024. 8 November 2024
Conference Material > Poster

Mental health literacy & stigma in a community sample from Sri Lanka

Fernando LH, Gunawardena S
MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024. 8 November 2024
Conference Material > Video

Mental health literacy & stigma in a community sample from Sri Lanka

Fernando LH
MSF Scientific Days Asia 2024. 24 October 2024
Conference Material > Poster

Providing medical care and psychosocial support for survivors of sexual violence in Rohingya refugee and host populations in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 2017-2023

Malden D, Datta P, Pharand S, Gharami D, Akter R,  et al.
MSF Scientific Day International 2024. 16 May 2024; DOI:10.57740/3dDCo6vP
Conference Material > Poster

Improving the patient journey and reducing stigma for people with cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: findings from the ECLIPSE programme

Price H, Agampodi S, Dikomitis L, Machado P, Mulugeta A,  et al.
MSF Scientific Day International 2024. 16 May 2024; DOI:10.57740/utMmyg3dt
Conference Material > Slide Presentation

StimNut: innovative community action research on psychosocial stimulation to improve care for severely malnourished children in Koutiala, Mali

Bossard C, Payotte S, Scarpa G, Diallo AK, Lissouba P,  et al.
MSF Paediatric Days 2024. 3 May 2024; DOI:10.57740/hbFEFb2
Conference Material > Abstract

Stimnut: Innovative community action research on psychosocial stimulation to improve care fo severely malnourished children in Koutiala, Mali

Bossard C, Payotte S, Scarpa G, Diallo AK, Lissouba P,  et al.
MSF Paediatric Days 2024. 3 May 2024; DOI:10.57740/K4bnf08
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Early psychosocial stimulation for infants in precarious situations can yield both short- and long-term benefits to cognitive and social development. Comprehensive programmes, covering health, nutrition, and psychosocial stimulation prove most effective in preventing cognitive impairment and enhancing treatment for children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The StimNut study assesses the effects of early psychosocial stimulation on maternal mental health and mother-child relationship, as well as the acceptability of integrating such an intervention into the existing Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) nutrition programme in Koutiala, during a 5-week period.

METHODS
Mixed-methods data were collected through standardised pre- and post- intervention questionnaires and included: a ‘Dusukasi’ screening tool for local perinatal depression-like symptoms; observations of mother-child interactions using an adapted PICCOLO (Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes) tool; as well as semi-structured interviews with caregivers, MSF psychosocial workers, and healthcare staff.

RESULTS
149 psychosocial stimulation sessions were conducted with 36 families by three supervised MSF psychosocial workers. Perinatal depression symptoms were found in 53% of mothers before the intervention and 28% after the intervention (p=0.001). Positive changes in the mother-child relationship were observed in 83% of families after the 5-week intervention and more frequent and appropriate responses of the caregivers to the child’s emotional state were noted. Positive changes were also perceived by the mothers as the sessions progressed: their sense of parenting skills was strengthened, their children’s health improved, and the other family members became more involved in childcare practices. The intervention also dismantled healthcare staff prejudices towards mothers of children with SAM, fostering a trusting relationship between them.

CONCLUSIONS
This study demonstrates the positive impact of the early psychosocial stimulation of children with SAM on maternal mental health and the quality of mother-child relationship. As MSF pursues further endeavours in this direction, it is important to recognise the transformative potential these interventions hold for promoting the overall wellbeing of families of children with SAM in humanitarian and low-income countries.
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StimNut: innovative community action research on psychosocial stimulation to improve care for severely malnourished children in Koutiala, Mali

Bossard C, Payotte S, Scarpa G, Diallo AK, Lissouba P,  et al.
MSF Paediatric Days 2024. 3 May 2024
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Stimnut: An innovative community-led research action of psychosocial stimulation intervention to improve the management of child malnutrition in Koutiala, Mali

Diallo AK, Bossard C
Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023. 8 June 2023
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Early psychosocial stimulation with disadvantaged infants can lead to short- and long-term benefits in cognitive and social development. Programs with multiple
components, including health, nutrition, and psychosocial stimulation have shown to be the most successful at enhancing the rehabilitation of severe acute malnourished (SAM) children. The STIMNUT study assesses the feasibility of integrating an adapted version of the ‘Follow-Up of Severe Acute Malnourished children’ (FUSAM) protocol developed by Action Contre la Faim into the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Therapeutic Feeding Programme in Koutiala (Mali) for SAM children aged 6-23 months and their primary caregivers.

METHODS
A convergent mixed methods study was implemented between July 2022 and May 2023 in two outpatient health facilities and the general hospital in Koutiala. An adaptation of the PRECEDE-PROCEED conceptual framework was used to adapt, implement and evaluate the psychosocial stimulation intervention. The study was
divided into 3 successive phases: (1) a mixed methods initial assessment at community level, (2) the contextual adaptation of the FUSAM protocol through a participatory approach (PAR) and (3) an assessment of its acceptability. For this assessment, 15 individual interviews with mothers were conducted. Qualitative and quantitative data were analyzed and interpreted concurrently.

RESULTS
During the PAR process, various stakeholders including, development workers and health professionals, parents of SAM children and traditional healers, worked together to practically adapt the intervention. They proposed for instance to include a community-level ceremony at the beginning of the intervention with traditional authorities, villages chiefs and other local stakeholders to increase its appropriation and to sensitize community members. During phase 3, a total of 149 psychosocial stimulation sessions (122 individual and 27 collective) were delivered by a team of 3 psychosocial workers to the 36 families included. The preliminary acceptability results showed that the sessions were well appreciated by the mothers. They became more acceptable as the intervention progressed because of the resulting positive changes in their children’s wellbeing, in theirs and their families’ relationship with their children, and in the mothers' relationships with their husbands and extended family.

CONCLUSION
The implementation of the adapted version of FUSAM protocol and its acceptability assessment at primary and secondary health care levels will now be used to inform the further deployment of the intervention. In particular, the results have allowed the development of a framework for the StimNut intervention to make it locally relevant and to guide its reproducibility in other contexts.

KEY MESSAGE
StimNut is a mixed method feasibility study on the integration of a psychosocial stimulation intervention into the standard nutritional care for SAM children aged 6-23 months In Koutiala, Mali.

This abstract is not to be quoted for publication.
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Stimnut: An innovative community-led research action of psychosocial stimulation intervention to improve the management of child malnutrition in Koutiala, Mali

Diallo AK, Bossard C
Epicentre Scientific Day Paris 2023. 8 June 2023
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