The equity impact of community women's groups to reduce neonatal mortality: a meta-analysis of four cluster randomized trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic inequalities in neonatal mortality are substantial in many developing countries. Little is known about how to address this problem. Trials in Asia and Africa have shown strong impacts on neonatal mortality of a participatory learning and action intervention with women's groups. Whether this intervention also reduces mortality inequalities remains unknown. We describe the equity impact of this women's groups intervention on the neonatal mortality rate (NMR) across socioeconomic strata.

Methods

We conducted a meta-analysis of all four participatory women's group interventions that were shown to be highly effective in cluster randomized trials in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Malawi. We estimated intervention effects on NMR and health behaviours for lowe

SUBMITTER: Houweling TAJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6380297 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature