Arbeitspapier
Improving Women's Mental Health during a Pandemic
In low-income settings, women are vulnerable to the psychological distress caused by the social and economic impact of large-scale shocks (e.g., pandemics, natural disasters, political). This paper evaluates a randomized over-the-phone counseling intervention aimed at mitigating the mental health impact of COVID-19 on a sample of 2,402 women across 357 villages in Bangladesh. We find that the provision of mental support to participating women improves their mental health ten months post-intervention, leading to reductions of 20.4% in the prevalence of moderate and severe stress and 32.8% in depression, relative to women in the control group. We also find positive impacts on economic outcomes: household food security and time invested in homeschooling of children, suggesting that improvement in mental health is an important step toward better economic well-being for these women. Finally, we also observe impacts on various other outcomes, including preventive health behavior associated with COVID-19 and vaccination take-up. Our results suggest that this type of low-cost intervention can be effective in providing rapid psychological support to vulnerable groups in times of crises.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 14786
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health: General
Health Behavior
Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
General Welfare; Well-Being
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- Thema
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mental health
COVID-19
food security
telecounseling
randomized experiment
parental investment
rural Bangladesh
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Vlassopoulos, Michael
Siddique, Abu
Rahman, Tabassum
Pakrashi, Debayan
Islam, Asad
Ahmed, Firoz
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Vlassopoulos, Michael
- Siddique, Abu
- Rahman, Tabassum
- Pakrashi, Debayan
- Islam, Asad
- Ahmed, Firoz
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2021
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