Measuring what works: An impact evaluation of women's groups on maternal health uptake in rural Nepal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Sharma, Sheetal ^a   Van Teijlingen, Edwin ^a   Belizán, José M ^b   Hundley, Vanora ^a   Simkhada, Padam ^c   Sicuri, Elisa ^d,e  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEPAL; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; VITAMIN INTAKE; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SELF HELP; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971003233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155144     Document Type: Article

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