The effect of participatory women's groups on birth outcomes in Bangladesh: Does coverage matter? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Houweling, Tanja A J ^a   Azad, Kishwar ^b   Younes, Layla ^a   Kuddus, Abdul ^b   Shaha, Sanjit ^b   Haq, Bedowra ^b   Nahar, Tasmin ^b   Beard, James ^a   Fottrell, Edward F ^a   Prost, Audrey ^a   Costello, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Diabetic Association of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cluster randomised trial; Community participation; Neonatal mortality; Women's groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POPULATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BANGLADESH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80053371020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-208     Document Type: Article

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