Assessing the potential of self-help group women for improving reproductive health of women in a tribal block of Maharashtra, India.

ABSTRACT:

Background & objectives

In the current health system, cash incentives are given to accredited social health activists for referring women to public health facilities for specific maternal and child health services, however many reproductive health problems are not included in these services. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of involvement of self-help groups (SHGs) in improving reproductive health seeking behaviour and service utilization by tribal women.

Methods

An experimental study was conducted in two tribal blocks of Nasik district (Kalvan and Surgana) in Maharashtra, India, over a period of 18 months. Interventions included training of SHG women and providing incentives to them for conducting health education sessions for reproductive age group wome

SUBMITTER: Kulkarni R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10057364 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature