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Reducing tobacco use among women in self-help groups (SHGs) in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra through a follow-up community-based tobacco cessation intervention package which will reinforce the tobacco cessation and awareness about tobacco achieved in an earlier intervention among these women.

Effect of a longitudinal community-based tobacco cessation intervention package on tobacco use among women in self-help groups (SHGs) in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, India

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2014/03/004458
Enrollment
5000
Registered
2014-03-10
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: The women members of SHG members of Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM) will receive the tobacco cessation intervention packag

Sponsors

Society for Education Action and Research in Community Health SEARCH
Lead Sponsor
Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal Women Economic Development Corporation
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Cluster level: Inclusion criteria: The cluster 1. should belong to the Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM) 2. should be in Gadchiroli district 3. office should be less than 50 km from the SEARCH headquarter 4. should have at least 4 functioning Sahayoginis (supervisors) 5. should have received the first round of community-based intervention package for tobacco cessation designed by SEARCH Individual level: 1. the woman should be a member of the MAVIM SHG in the village from selected clusters 2. the SHG members should be more than 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

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

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Decrease in the percentage of SHG members using tobaccoTimepoint: 4 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Decrease in the average daily expenditure on tobaccoTimepoint: 4 months;The amount of money saved in the earthen money saving pots by the tobacco usersTimepoint: 4 months

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Abhay Bang MD MPH

SEARCH

search@sify.com91-07138-255407

Outcome results

None listed

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