Community resource centres to improve the health of women and children in Mumbai slums

Conditions

Women?s health, child health, urban health Not Applicable

Das S, Hall J, Barrett G, Osrin D, Kapadia S, Jayaraman A.

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10.1186/s41043-020-00222-x

Community resource centres to improve the health of women and children in informal settlements in Mumbai: a cluster-randomised, controlled trial.

More NS, Das S, Bapat U, Alcock G, Manjrekar S, Kamble V, Sawant R, Shende S, Daruwalla N, Pantvaidya S, Osrin D.

2017-03-0134 citations

10.1016/s2214-109x(16)30363-1

Reconstructing communities in cluster trials?

Lignou S, Das S, Mistry J, Alcock G, More NS, Osrin D, Edwards SJ.

2016-03-284 citations

10.1186/s13063-016-1284-6

Community resource centres to improve the health of women and children in Mumbai slums: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Shah More N, Das S, Bapat U, Rajguru M, Alcock G, Joshi W, Pantvaidya S, Osrin D.

2013-05-0812 citations

10.1186/1745-6215-14-132

Interventions

Intervention: 20 slum clusters with community resource centres Control: 20 slum clusters without community resource centres In collaboration with communities, we will

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Women aged 15-49 years 2. Who consent to interview and reside in study clusters

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Households used for business purposes, with no female residents

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Maternity and infant feeding: institutional delivery; exclusive breastfeeding under six months of age 2. Women?s reproductive health: use of contemporary family planning methods 3. Childhood nutrition: height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-height	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Maternity and infant feeding: uptake of Janani Suraksha Yojana incentive, exclusive breastfeeding in the first month 2. Women?s reproductive health: adolescent pregnancies 3. Childhood nutrition: recommended feeding practicies for children 6-23 months of age, weighing of children under 6 years of age at an ICDS centre 4. Domestic violence: consultation with support services in the event of domestic violence	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Maternity and infant feeding: uptake of Janani Suraksha Yojana incentive, exclusive breastfeeding in the first month 2. Women?s reproductive health: adolescent pregnancies 3. Childhood nutrition: recommended feeding practicies for children 6-23 months of age, weighing of children under 6 years of age at an ICDS centre 4. Domestic violence: consultation with support services in the event of domestic violence

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Countries

England, India, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed