Evaluation of a large-scale reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition program in Bihar, India, through an equity lens.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite increasing focus on health inequities in low- and middle income countries, significant disparities persist. We analysed impacts of a statewide maternal and child health program among the most compared to the least marginalised women in Bihar, India.

Methods

Utilising survey-weighted logistic regression, we estimated programmatic impact using difference-in-difference estimators from Mathematica data collected at the beginning (2012, n = 10 174) and after two years of program implementation (2014, n = 9611). We also examined changes in disparities over time using eight rounds of Community-based Household Surveys (CHS) (2012-2017, n = 48 349) collected by CARE India.

Results

At baseline for the Mathematica data, least marginalised women generally perfo

SUBMITTER: Ward VC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7759017 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature