Behavior Change and Community Participation: Assessing Causal Pathways Affecting Neonatal Mortality

Fottrell et al assess the effect of a participatory women's group intervention with higher population coverage on neonatal mortality in Bangladesh. Results show that women's group community mobilization, delivered at adequate population coverage, is a highly cost-effective approach to impr...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2013-09, Vol.310 (9), p.969-970
Main Authors: Darmstadt, Gary L, Munar, Wolfgang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bangladesh
Behavior Therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Community Participation
Epidemiology
General aspects
Health Behavior
Health Education
Humans
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Welfare
Medical sciences
Mortality
Neonatal care
Newborn babies
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Rural areas
Women
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Summary:Fottrell et al assess the effect of a participatory women's group intervention with higher population coverage on neonatal mortality in Bangladesh. Results show that women's group community mobilization, delivered at adequate population coverage, is a highly cost-effective approach to improve newborn survival and health behavior indicators in rural Bangladesh.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2013.277269