Health layering of self-help groups: impacts on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition in Bihar, India

Self-help group (SHG) interventions have been widely studied in low and middle income countries. However, there is little data on specific impacts of health layering, or adding health education modules upon existing SHGs which were formed primarily for economic empowerment. We examined three SHG int...

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Hauptverfasser: Mehta, Kala M, Irani, Laili, Chaudhuri, Indrajit, Mahapatra, Tanmay, Schooley, Janine, Srikantiah, Sridhar, Abdalla, Safa, Ward, Victoria, Carmichael, Suzan L, Bentley, Jason, Creanga, Andreea, Wilhelm, Jess, Tarigopula, Usha Kiran, Bhattacharya, Debarshi, Atmavilas, Yamini, Nanda, Priya, Weng, Yingjie, Pepper, Kevin T, Darmstadt, Gary L
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description Self-help group (SHG) interventions have been widely studied in low and middle income countries. However, there is little data on specific impacts of health layering, or adding health education modules upon existing SHGs which were formed primarily for economic empowerment. We examined three SHG interventions from 2012-2017 in Bihar, India to test the hypothesis that health-layering of SHGs would lead to improved health-related behaviours of women in SHGs. A model for health layering of SHGs - - was developed by the non-governmental organisation (NGO), Project Concern International, in 64 blocks of eight districts. Layering included health modules, community events and review mechanisms. The health layering model was adapted for use with government-led SHGs, called JEEViKA HL, in 37 other blocks of Bihar. Scale-up of government-led SHGs without health layering (JEEViKA) occurred contemporaneously in 433 other blocks, providing a natural comparison group. Using Community-based Household Surveys (CHS, rounds 6-9) by CARE India, 62 reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition (RMNCHN) and sanitation indicators were examined for SHGs with health layering ( SHGs and JEEViKA+HL SHGs) compared to those without. We calculated mean, standard deviation and odds ratios of indicators using surveymeans and survey logistic regression. In 2014, 64% of indicators were significantly higher in members compared to non-members residing in the same blocks. During scale up, from 2015-17, half (50%) of indicators had significantly higher odds in health layered SHG members ( or JEEViKA+HL) in 101 blocks compared to SHG members without health layering (JEEViKA) in 433 blocks. Health layering of SHGs was demonstrated by an NGO-led model ( ), adapted and scaled up by a government model (JEEViKA+HL), and associated with significant improvements in health compared to non-health-layered SHGs (JEEViKA). These results strengthen the evidence base for further layering of health onto the SHG platform for scale-level health change. ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT02726230.
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subjects Adult
Child Health
Childrens health
Collective action
Empowerment
Female
Global health
Health Education
Health Status
Humans
India
Infant
Infant Health
Infant, Newborn
Intervention
Male
Maternal & child health
Maternal Health
Microfinance
Newborn babies
NGOs
Nongovernmental organizations
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Postpartum period
Pregnancy
Prenatal care
Reproductive Health
Research Theme 6: Lessons from Ananya Programme in Bihar
Sanitation
Self help
Self-Help Groups
Support groups
title Health layering of self-help groups: impacts on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition in Bihar, India
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