Effect of participatory women's groups facilitated by Accredited Social Health Activists on birth outcomes in rural eastern India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Prasanta Tripathy, MSc (Author), Nirmala Nair, MBBS (Author), Rajesh Sinha, PhD (Author), Shibanand Rath, MA (Author), Raj Kumar Gope, PGDRD (Author), Suchitra Rath, MA (Author), Swati Sarbani Roy, MA (Author), Aparna Bajpai, MA (Author), Vijay Singh, BA (Author), Vikash Nath, MA (Author), Sarfraz Ali, BA (Author), Alok Kumar Kundu, MSc (Author), Dibakar Choudhury, MSW (Author), Sanjib Kumar Ghosh, MSW (Author), Sanjay Kumar, BSc (Author), Rajendra Mahapatra, MSc (Author), Prof. Anthony Costello, FRCP (Author), Edward Fottrell, PhD (Author), Tanja A J Houweling, PhD (Author), Dr. Audrey Prost, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: A quarter of the world's neonatal deaths and 15% of maternal deaths happen in India. Few community-based strategies to improve maternal and newborn health have been tested through the country's government-approved Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs). We aimed to test the...