Effectiveness of participatory women’s groups scaled up by the public health system to improve birth outcomes in Jharkhand, eastern India: a pragmatic cluster non-randomised controlled trial

• Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli,
• Audrey Prost,
• Andrew Copas,
• Amit Kumar,
• Rajkumar Gope,
• Vikash Nath,
• Nirmala Nair,
• Vasudha Chakravarthy,
• Tanja AJ Houweling,
• Shibanand Rath,
• Suchitra Rath,
• Prasanta K Tripathy,
• Hemanta Pradhan,
• Parabita Basu,
• Amit Ojha,
• Akay Minz,
• Pradeep Baskey,
• Manir Ahmed,
• Riza Mahanta

Affiliations

Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli

Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK

Audrey Prost

Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK

Andrew Copas

Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK

Amit Kumar

Ekjut, Chakradharpur, India

Rajkumar Gope

Ekjut, Chakradharpur, India

Vikash Nath

Ekjut, Chakradharpur, India

Nirmala Nair

Ekjut, Chakradharpur, India

Vasudha Chakravarthy

Development Solutions, New Delhi, India

Tanja AJ Houweling

Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Shibanand Rath

Ekjut, Chakradharpur, India

Suchitra Rath

Ekjut, Chakradharpur, India

Prasanta K Tripathy

Ekjut, Chakradharpur, India

Hemanta Pradhan

Ekjut, Chakradharpur, India

Parabita Basu

Ekjut, Chakradharpur, India

Amit Ojha

Ekjut, Chakradharpur, India

Akay Minz

Jharkhand State Health Mission, Ranchi, India

Pradeep Baskey

Jharkhand State Health Mission, Ranchi, India

Manir Ahmed

Jharkhand State Health Mission, Ranchi, India

Riza Mahanta

Development Solutions, New Delhi, India