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Empowering women in self-help groups (SHGs) in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra to reduce tobacco consumption and increase savings by a community-based tobacco cessation intervention package

A controlled field trial to assess the effect of a community-based tobacco cessation intervention package on tobacco use and expenditure on tobacco in women self-help group members in rural Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India: The Womenâ??s Empowerment through Liberation From Tobacco (WE LiFT) project - WE LiFT

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2012/12/003262
Enrollment
2400
Registered
2012-12-26
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Tobacco use

Interventions

Intervention1: Community-based tobacco cessation intervention package for women SHG members (Intervention arm 1): Here, the women members of SHGs of MAVIM will receive the tobacco cessation interventi

Sponsors

Society for Education Action and Research in Community Health
Lead Sponsor
Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Cluster level: 1. should belong to the Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal 2. should be in Gadchiroli district 3. office should be 50 km or less from the SEARCH headquarter 4. should have at least 4 functioning Sahayoginis (assistants) Individual level: 1. the woman should be a member of the MAVIM SHG in the village from selected clusters 2. in the cluster where men will also receive the intervention, the man should be the husband of a women member of MAVIM SHG in the village 3. the SHG members and their husbands should be 18-90 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Cluster level: 1.Clusters with >20% tribal villages (as health education material was designed considering non-tribal population) Individual level: 1.if the woman SHG member or the husband of the member is bedridden due to illness

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Decrease in the percentage of SHG members using tobaccoTimepoint: 7 months—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Decrease in the average daily expenditure on tobaccoTimepoint: 7 months;Decrease in the percentage of family members of the self-help group members using tobaccoTimepoint: 7 months;Decrease in the percentage of self-help group members and their husbands with oral discomfortTimepoint: 7 months;Increase in the percentage of self-help group members and their husbands with a sense of wellbeingTimepoint: 7 months;The amount of money saved in the earthen money saving pots by the families of the tobacco users in the intervention areasTimepoint: 7 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Abhay Bang

Society for Education, Action and Research in Community Health

search@sify.com07138-255407

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026