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Community interventions with women’s groups to improve women’s and children’s health in India: A mixed-methods systematic review of effects, enablers and barriers

by Sapna Desai,

Madhavi Misra,

Aikantika Das,

Roopal Jyoti Singh,

Mrignyani Sehgal,

Lu Gram,

Neha Kumar and

Audrey Prost

BMJ Global Health | 2020

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003304

Open Access | CC BY-4.0

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Desai, Sapna; Misra, Madhavi; Das, Aikantika; Singh, Roopal Jyoti; Sehgal, Mrignyani; Gram, Lu; Kumar, Neha; and Prost, Audrey. 2020. Community interventions with women’s groups to improve women’s and children’s health in India: A mixed-methods systematic review of effects, enablers and barriers. BMJ Global Health 5(12): e003304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003304

India is home to over 6 million women’s groups, including self-help groups. There has been no evidence synthesis on whether and how such groups improve women’s and children’s health.

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Poverty, Health, and Nutrition (PHND)

Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Community interventions with women’s groups to improve women’s and children’s health in India: A mixed-methods systematic review of effects, enablers and barriers

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