Improved neonatal survival after participatory learning and action with women’s groups: a prospective study in rural eastern India

Roy, Swati Sarbani; Mahapatra, Rajendra; Bajpai, Aparna; Singh, Vijay Kumar; Rath, Suchitra; Nair, Nirmala; Tripathy, Prasanta; Gope, Raj Kumar; Sinha, Rajesh Kumar; Costello, Anthony; Pagel, Christina; Prost, Audrey

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“…Several studies of interventions that mobilized women's groups to promote maternal and newborn health find that such group‐based interventions are highly cost effective (Colbourn et al., ; Ensor et al., ; Lewycka et al., ; Manandhar et al., ; Prost et al., ; Roy et al., ; Tripathy et al., ), suggesting that provision through SHGs can provide economies of scale. Lewycka et al.…”

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“…Group‐based interventions might also provide economies of scope, including complementarities across investments or interventions, allowing providers to supply several services or products through one intervention. Several studies report that groups organized primarily to achieve health or finance outcomes are also leveraged to achieve additional outcomes (Colbourn et al., ; Dongre, Deshmuk, & Garg, 2007; Houweling et al., ; Roy et al., ). Few studies, however, explicitly compare the cost‐effectiveness of group‐based interventions to other intervention delivery mechanisms, or examine the effectiveness of specific combinations of interventions against others.…”

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Delivering development? Evidence on self‐help groups as development intermediaries in South Asia and Africa

Gugerty

Biscaye

Anderson

2018

Development Policy Review

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Donors and governments increasingly seek to deliver development projects through community‐based organizations such as self‐help groups (SHGs), but little is known about the effectiveness of such arrangements. This article briefly summarizes hypotheses regarding the effectiveness of interventions using SHGs and presents the results of an evidence review on the impacts of interventions delivered through SHGs on health, finance, agriculture and empowerment outcomes in South Asia and sub‐Saharan Africa. Though the impacts of SHG‐based interventions are generally positive, the evidence base is limited and does not generally test whether alternative delivery mechanisms might be more effective.

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Delivering development? Evidence on self‐help groups as development intermediaries in South Asia and Africa

Gugerty

Biscaye

Anderson

2018

Development Policy Review

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“…Cd is highly toxic; Acute exposure to Cd causes inflammation followed by cough, dryness and irritation of the nose and throat, headache, dizziness, chest pain, pneumonitis, and pulmonary edema (2). An estimated 70% of Cd used in the metal mining and refining industries, construction, shipyard and Cd-containing batteries is dissipated into the environment (CCCC 8th report) (3).…”

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A Review of Molecular Events of Cadmium-Induced Carcinogenesis

Luevano

Damodaran

2014

J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol

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Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic, heavy industrial metal that poses serious environmental health hazards to both humans and wildlife. Lately, Cd and Cd containing compounds have been classified as known human carcinogens and epidemiological data show causal associations with prostate, breast and lung cancer. The molecular mechanisms involved in Cd-induced carcinogenesis are poorly understood and are only now beginning to be elucidated. The effects of chronic exposure to Cd have recently become of great interest due to the development of malignancies in Cd-induced tumorigenesis in animal. Briefly, various in vitro studies demonstrate that Cd can act as a mitogen, stimulate cell proliferation, inhibit apoptosis and DNA repair, and induce carcinogenesis in several mammalian tissues and organs. Thus, the various mechanisms involved in chronic Cd exposure and malignant transformations warrant further investigation. In this review, we will focus on recent evidence of various leading general and tissue specific molecular mechanisms that follow chronic exposure to Cd in prostate, breast and lung transformed malignancies. In addition, this review considers less defined mechanisms such as epigenetic modification and autophagy, which are thought to play a role in the development of Cd-induced malignant transformation.

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“…1 Around 32 neonates per 1000 live births (around 876,200 children) die within the first month of life (Roy et al, 2013; Save the Children, 2013) and among these babies, 309,000 die on the first day. Moreover, around 200 mothers die during pregnancy and child birth per 100,000 live births.…”

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Modelling Heaped Duration Data: An Application to Neonatal Mortality

2014

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Improved neonatal survival after participatory learning and action with women’s groups: a prospective study in rural eastern India

Cited by 43 publications

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Delivering development? Evidence on self‐help groups as development intermediaries in South Asia and Africa

Delivering development? Evidence on self‐help groups as development intermediaries in South Asia and Africa

A Review of Molecular Events of Cadmium-Induced Carcinogenesis

Modelling Heaped Duration Data: An Application to Neonatal Mortality

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