Journal article
Effect of combining a health program with a microfinance-based self-help group on health behaviors and outcomes
S Saha, M Kermode, PL Annear
Public Health | Published : 2015
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Abstract
Objectives: Women's participation in microfinance-based self-help groups (SHGs) and the resultant social capital may provide a basis to address the gap in health attainment for poor women and their children. We investigated the effect of combining a health program designed to improve health behaviours and outcomes with a microfinance-based SHG program. Design: A mixed method study was conducted among 34 villages selected from three blocks or district subdivisions of India; one in Gujarat, two in Karnataka. Methods: A set of 17 villages representing new health program areas were pair-matched with 17 comparison villages. Two rounds of surveys were conducted with a total of 472 respondents, fol..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The research was supported by a Welcome Trust Capacity Strengthening Strategic Award to the Public Health Foundation of India and a consortium of UK Universities, and a Research Higher Degree grant from the Nossal Institute for Global Health at The University of Melbourne, Australia. The funders of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report. The corresponding author had full access to all the data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.