Search Results - "NAIR, Nirmala"

Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Prost, Audrey, Dr, Colbourn, Tim, PhD, Seward, Nadine, MSc, Azad, Kishwar, Prof, Coomarasamy, Arri, Prof, Copas, Andrew, PhD, Houweling, Tanja A J, PhD, Fottrell, Edward, PhD, Kuddus, Abdul, MBBS, Lewycka, Sonia, PhD, MacArthur, Christine, Prof, Manandhar, Dharma, Prof, Morrison, Joanna, PhD, Mwansambo, Charles, FRCPCH, Nair, Nirmala, MBBS, Nambiar, Bejoy, MPH, Osrin, David, PhD, Pagel, Christina, PhD, Phiri, Tambosi, MSc, Pulkki-Brännström, Anni-Maria, PhD, Rosato, Mikey, PhD, Skordis-Worrall, Jolene, PhD, Saville, Naomi, PhD, More, Neena Shah, MA, Shrestha, Bhim, MSc, Tripathy, Prasanta, MSc, Wilson, Amie, MSc, Costello, Anthony, Prof

“…Summary Background Maternal and neonatal mortality rates remain high in many low-income and middle-income countries. Different approaches for the improvement…”
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Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes and maternal depression in Jharkhand and Orissa, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial by Tripathy, Prasanta, Dr, Nair, Nirmala, MBBS, Barnett, Sarah, PhD, Mahapatra, Rajendra, MSc, Borghi, Josephine, PhD, Rath, Shibanand, MA, Rath, Suchitra, MA, Gope, Rajkumar, PGDRD, Mahto, Dipnath, DCHM, Sinha, Rajesh, Lakshminarayana, Rashmi, DNB, Patel, Vikram, Prof, Pagel, Christina, PhD, Prost, Audrey, PhD, Costello, Anthony, Prof

“…Summary Background Community mobilisation through participatory women's groups might improve birth outcomes in poor rural communities. We therefore assessed…”
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Community participation: lessons for maternal, newborn, and child health by Rosato, Mikey, MSc, Laverack, Glenn, Prof, Grabman, Lisa Howard, MA, Tripathy, Prasanta, MSc, Nair, Nirmala, MBBS, Mwansambo, Charles, FRCPCH, Azad, Kishwar, Prof, Morrison, Joanna, MSc, Bhutta, Zulfiqar, Prof, Perry, Henry, PhD, Rifkin, Susan, PhD, Costello, Anthony, Prof

“…Summary Primary health care was ratified as the health policy of WHO member states in 1978. Participation in health care was a key principle in the Alma-Ata…”
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Adolescent girls' health, nutrition and wellbeing in rural eastern India: a descriptive, cross-sectional community-based study by Rose-Clarke, Kelly, Pradhan, Hemanta, Rath, Suchitra, Rath, Shibanand, Samal, Subhashree, Gagrai, Sumitra, Nair, Nirmala, Tripathy, Prasanta, Prost, Audrey

“…India is home to 243 million adolescents. Two million (9%) of them belong to Scheduled Tribes living in underserved, rural areas. Few studies have examined the…”
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Effects of women's groups practising participatory learning and action on preventive and care-seeking behaviours to reduce neonatal mortality: A meta-analysis of cluster-randomised trials by Seward, Nadine, Neuman, Melissa, Colbourn, Tim, Osrin, David, Lewycka, Sonia, Azad, Kishwar, Costello, Anthony, Das, Sushmita, Fottrell, Edward, Kuddus, Abdul, Manandhar, Dharma, Nair, Nirmala, Nambiar, Bejoy, Shah More, Neena, Phiri, Tambosi, Tripathy, Prasanta, Prost, Audrey

“…The World Health Organization recommends participatory learning and action (PLA) in women's groups to improve maternal and newborn health, particularly in…”
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Mortality and recovery following moderate and severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6-18 months in rural Jharkhand and Odisha, eastern India: A cohort study by Prost, Audrey, Nair, Nirmala, Copas, Andrew, Pradhan, Hemanta, Saville, Naomi, Tripathy, Prasanta, Gope, Rajkumar, Rath, Shibanand, Rath, Suchitra, Skordis, Jolene, Bhattacharyya, Sanghita, Costello, Anthony, Sachdev, Harshpal S

“…Recent data suggest that case fatality from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in India may be lower than the 10%-20% estimated by the World Health Organization…”
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Effect of participatory women's groups facilitated by Accredited Social Health Activists on birth outcomes in rural eastern India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial by Tripathy, Prasanta, MSc, Nair, Nirmala, MBBS, Sinha, Rajesh, PhD, Rath, Shibanand, MA, Gope, Raj Kumar, PGDRD, Rath, Suchitra, MA, Roy, Swati Sarbani, MA, Bajpai, Aparna, MA, Singh, Vijay, BA, Nath, Vikash, MA, Ali, Sarfraz, BA, Kundu, Alok Kumar, MSc, Choudhury, Dibakar, MSW, Ghosh, Sanjib Kumar, MSW, Kumar, Sanjay, BSc, Mahapatra, Rajendra, MSc, Costello, Anthony, Prof, Fottrell, Edward, PhD, Houweling, Tanja A J, PhD, Prost, Audrey, Dr

“…Summary Background A quarter of the world's neonatal deaths and 15% of maternal deaths happen in India. Few community-based strategies to improve maternal and…”
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Effect of participatory women's groups and counselling through home visits on children's linear growth in rural eastern India (CARING trial): a cluster-randomised controlled trial by Nair, Nirmala, Tripathy, Prasanta, Sachdev, H S, Pradhan, Hemanta, Bhattacharyya, Sanghita, Gope, Rajkumar, Gagrai, Sumitra, Rath, Shibanand, Rath, Suchitra, Sinha, Rajesh, Roy, Swati Sarbani, Shewale, Suhas, Singh, Vijay, Srivastava, Aradhana, Costello, Anthony, Copas, Andrew, Skordis-Worrall, Jolene, Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan, Saville, Naomi, Prost, Audrey

“…Around 30% of the world's stunted children live in India. The Government of India has proposed a new cadre of community-based workers to improve nutrition in…”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates: evidence on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in eastern India by Busch, Sophie L P, Houweling, Tanja A J, Pradhan, Hemanta, Gope, Rajkumar, Rath, Shibanand, Kumar, Amit, Nath, Vikash, Prost, Audrey, Nair, Nirmala

“…Tribal peoples are among the most marginalised groups worldwide. Evidence on birth outcomes in these groups is scant. We describe inequalities in Stillbirth…”
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Individual interventions, collective lessons: Developing mid-range theory on women's groups to improve health by Desai, Sapna, Kumar, Neha, Gram, Lu, Hazra, Avishek, Sanyal, Kaliat Ammu, Sivaram, Sharmada, Nair, Nirmala, Ved, Rajani, Prost, Audrey

“…Interventions with women's groups have been widely implemented to improve health outcomes in low- and middle-income settings, particularly India. While there…”
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Improving newborn survival in low-income countries: community-based approaches and lessons from South Asia by Nair, Nirmala, Tripathy, Prasanta, Prost, Audrey, Costello, Anthony, Osrin, David

“…David Osrin and colleagues discuss the critical importance of reducing global neonatal mortality in developing countries and how community-based approaches can…”
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Understanding the effects of nutrition‐sensitive agriculture interventions with participatory videos and women's group meetings on maternal and child nutrition in rural Odisha, India: A mixed‐methods process evaluation by Prost, Audrey, Harris‐Fry, Helen, Mohanty, Satyanarayan, Parida, Manoj, Krishnan, Sneha, Fivian, Emily, Rath, Suchitra, Nair, Nirmala, Mishra, Naba K., Padhan, Shibanath, Pradhan, Ronali, Sahu, Satyapriya, Skordis, Jolene, Danton, Heather, Koniz‐Booher, Peggy, Beaumont, Emma, James, Philip, Allen, Elizabeth, Elbourne, Diana, Kadiyala, Suneetha

“…A trial of three nutrition‐sensitive agriculture interventions with participatory videos and women's group meetings in rural Odisha, India, found improvements…”
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Mitofusin-2 Negatively Regulates Melanogenesis by Modulating Mitochondrial ROS Generation by Tanwar, Jyoti, Saurav, Suman, Basu, Reelina, Singh, Jaya Bharti, Priya, Anshu, Dutta, Maitreyee, Santhanam, Uma, Joshi, Manoj, Madison, Stephen, Singh, Archana, Nair, Nirmala, Gokhale, Rajesh S, Motiani, Rajender K

“…Inter-organellar communication is emerging as one of the most crucial regulators of cellular physiology. One of the key regulators of inter-organellar…”
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Improved neonatal survival after participatory learning and action with women's groups: a prospective study in rural eastern India by SWATI SARBANI ROY, MAHAPATRA, Rajendra, COSTELLO, Anthony, PAGEL, Christina, PROST, Audrey, RATH, Shibanand, BAJPAI, Aparna, SINGH, Vijay, RATH, Suchitra, NAIR, Nirmala, TRIPATHY, Prasanta, RAJ KUMAR GOPE, SINHA, Rajesh

“…To determine whether a women's group intervention involving participatory learning and action has a sustainable and replicable effect on neonatal survival in…”
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Community youth teams facilitating participatory adolescent groups, youth leadership activities and livelihood promotion to improve school attendance, dietary diversity and mental health among adolescent girls in rural eastern India: protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial by Rath, Suchitra, Prost, Audrey, Samal, Subhashree, Pradhan, Hemanta, Copas, Andrew, Gagrai, Sumitra, Rath, Shibanand, Gope, Raj Kumar, Nair, Nirmala, Tripathy, Prasanta, Bhatia, Komal, Rose-Clarke, Kelly

“…Improving the health and development of adolescents aged 10-19 years is a global health priority. One in five adolescents globally live in India. The Rashtriya…”
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Effects of community youth teams facilitating participatory adolescent groups, youth leadership activities and livelihood promotion to improve school attendance, dietary diversity and mental health among adolescent girls in rural eastern India (JIAH trial): A cluster-randomised controlled trial by Bhatia, Komal, Rath, Suchitra, Pradhan, Hemanta, Samal, Subhashree, Copas, Andrew, Gagrai, Sumitra, Rath, Shibanand, Gope, Raj Kumar, Nair, Nirmala, Tripathy, Prasanta, Rose-Clarke, Kelly, Prost, Audrey

“…To evaluate whether and how community youth teams facilitating participatory adolescent groups, youth leadership and livelihood promotion improved school…”
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Association between clean delivery kit use, clean delivery practices, and neonatal survival: pooled analysis of data from three sites in South Asia by Seward, Nadine, Osrin, David, Li, Leah, Costello, Anthony, Pulkki-Brännström, Anni-Maria, Houweling, Tanja A J, Morrison, Joanna, Nair, Nirmala, Tripathy, Prasanta, Azad, Kishwar, Manandhar, Dharma, Prost, Audrey

“…Sepsis accounts for up to 15% of an estimated 3.3 million annual neonatal deaths globally. We used data collected from the control arms of three previously…”
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Institutional delivery in public and private sectors in South Asia: a comparative analysis of prospective data from four demographic surveillance sites by Das, Sushmita, Alcock, Glyn, Azad, Kishwar, Kuddus, Abdul, Manandhar, Dharma S, Shrestha, Bhim Prasad, Nair, Nirmala, Rath, Shibanand, More, Neena Shah, Saville, Naomi, Houweling, Tanja A J, Osrin, David

“…Maternity care in South Asia is available in both public and private sectors. Using data from demographic surveillance sites in Bangladesh, Nepal and rural and…”
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Effect of nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions with participatory videos and women's group meetings on maternal and child nutritional outcomes in rural Odisha, India (UPAVAN trial): a four-arm, observer-blind, cluster-randomised controlled trial by Kadiyala, Suneetha, Harris-Fry, Helen, Pradhan, Ronali, Mohanty, Satyanarayan, Padhan, Shibanath, Rath, Suchitra, James, Philip, Fivian, Emily, Koniz-Booher, Peggy, Nair, Nirmala, Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan, Mishra, Naba Kishor, Rath, Shibanand, Beaumont, Emma, Danton, Heather, Krishnan, Sneha, Parida, Manoj, O'Hearn, Meghan, Kumar, Abhinav, Upadhyay, Avinash, Tripathy, Prasanta, Skordis, Jolene, Sturgess, Joanna, Elbourne, Diana, Prost, Audrey, Allen, Elizabeth

“…Almost a quarter of the world's undernourished people live in India. We tested the effects of three nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) interventions on…”
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Community mobilisation to prevent violence against women and girls in eastern India through participatory learning and action with women's groups facilitated by accredited social health activists: a before-and-after pilot study by Nair, Nirmala, Daruwalla, Nayreen, Osrin, David, Rath, Suchitra, Gagrai, Sumitra, Sahu, Rebati, Pradhan, Hemanta, De, Megha, Ambavkar, Gauri, Das, Nibha, Dungdung, G Pramila, Mohan, Damini, Munda, Bahadur, Singh, Vijay, Tripathy, Prasanta, Prost, Audrey

“…Almost one in three married Indian women have ever experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence from husbands in their lifetime. We aimed to investigate…”
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