Improved neonatal survival after participatory learning and action with women's groups: a prospective study in rural eastern India

• Main Authors: Swati Sarbani Roy (Author), Rajendra Mahapatra (Author), Shibanand Rath (Author), Aparna Bajpai (Author), Vijay Singh (Author), Suchitra Rath (Author), Nirmala Nair (Author), Prasanta Tripathy (Author), Raj Kumar Gope (Author), Rajesh Sinha (Author), Anthony Costello (Author), Christina Pagel (Author), Audrey Prost (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a women's group intervention involving participatory learning and action has a sustainable and replicable effect on neonatal survival in rural, eastern India. METHODS: From 2004 to 2011, births and neonatal deaths in 36 geographical clusters in Jharkhand and Odis...