Group-based programs to improve health outcomes in India: An accumulating body of evidence but questions remain

There is a strong global movement to scale-up various types of programs based on women's groups, both to empower women economically and to use the potential of women's groups to deliver other interventions. In India the movement has taken a strong hold, with the launch and scale-up of the National R...

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Main Authors: Menon, Purnima, Kumar, Neha
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Lancet 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142474
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description There is a strong global movement to scale-up various types of programs based on women's groups, both to empower women economically and to use the potential of women's groups to deliver other interventions. In India the movement has taken a strong hold, with the launch and scale-up of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission and several other associated programs. Many of these programs operate in poor states, or are focused on the poor even in richer states.
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spelling CGSpace1424742025-12-08T10:29:22Z Group-based programs to improve health outcomes in India: An accumulating body of evidence but questions remain Menon, Purnima Kumar, Neha gender programmes health empowerment poverty women There is a strong global movement to scale-up various types of programs based on women's groups, both to empower women economically and to use the potential of women's groups to deliver other interventions. In India the movement has taken a strong hold, with the launch and scale-up of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission and several other associated programs. Many of these programs operate in poor states, or are focused on the poor even in richer states. 2020-01-01 2024-05-22T12:10:33Z 2024-05-22T12:10:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142474 en Open Access Lancet Menon, Purnima; and Kumar, Neha. 2020. Group-based programs to improve health outcomes in India: An accumulating body of evidence but questions remain. EClinicalMedicine 18(January 2020): 100234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.12.004
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Group-based programs to improve health outcomes in India: An accumulating body of evidence but questions remain
title Group-based programs to improve health outcomes in India: An accumulating body of evidence but questions remain
title_full Group-based programs to improve health outcomes in India: An accumulating body of evidence but questions remain
title_fullStr Group-based programs to improve health outcomes in India: An accumulating body of evidence but questions remain
title_full_unstemmed Group-based programs to improve health outcomes in India: An accumulating body of evidence but questions remain
title_short Group-based programs to improve health outcomes in India: An accumulating body of evidence but questions remain
title_sort group based programs to improve health outcomes in india an accumulating body of evidence but questions remain
topic gender
programmes
health
empowerment
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women
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