Background Community mobilisation through participatory women's groups might improve
birth outcomes in poor rural communities. We therefore assessed this approach in a largely …

Objective: Compare effects of narrative and informational videos on use of mammography,
cancer-related beliefs, recall of core content and a range of reactions to the videos. Method …

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 newborn health have been …

Background 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 200 …

Background Few large and rigorous evaluations of participatory interventions systematically
describe their context and implementation, or attempt to explain the mechanisms behind …

Background Callers to 2-1-1 have greater need for and lesser use of cancer control services
than other Americans. Integrating cancer risk assessment and referrals to preventive …

BACKGROUND: Maternal common mental disorders are prevalent in low-resource settings
and have far-reaching consequences for maternal and child health. We assessed the …

Background In places with poor vital registration, measurement of maternal mortality and
monitoring the impact of interventions on maternal mortality is difficult and seldom …

Background Almost a quarter of the world's undernourished people live in India. We tested
the effects of three nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) interventions on maternal and child …

Background 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 health …