[HTML][HTML] Measuring food insecurity in India: a systematic review of the current evidence

FH McKay, A Sims, P Van Der Pligt - Current Nutrition Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review India is home to an estimated 200 million malnourished people,
suggesting widespread food insecurity. However, variations in the methods used for …

Community interventions with women's groups to improve women's and children's health in India: a mixed-methods systematic review of effects, enablers and barriers

S Desai, M Misra, A Das, RJ Singh, M Sehgal… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction India is home to over 6 million women's groups, including self-help groups.
There has been no evidence synthesis on whether and how such groups improve women's …

[HTML][HTML] Antenatal care service utilization among adolescent pregnant women–evidence from Swabhimaan programme in India

PH Fulpagare, A Saraswat, K Dinachandra… - Frontiers in public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Pregnant adolescent girls (15–19 years) are more vulnerable to poor health and
nutrition than adult pregnant women because of marginalization and lack of knowledge …

[HTML][HTML] Health impact of self-help groups scaled-up statewide in Bihar, India

KM Mehta, L Irani, I Chaudhuri, T Mahapatra… - Journal of global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The objective of this study was to assess the impact of self-help groups (SHGs)
and subsequent scale-up on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition …

[HTML][HTML] Utilisation of ANC services before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in selected resource-poor blocks of India: role of community health workers in …

P Dhillon, S Unisa, A Gupta, A Saraswat, S Km… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction COVID-19 has disrupted maternal and child health services. Community Health
Workers (CHWs) supported the women by visiting pregnant women's homes and providing …

[HTML][HTML] A quasi-experimental evaluation of a nutrition behavior change intervention delivered through women's self-help groups in rural India: impacts on maternal …

S Scott, S Gupta, P Menon, K Raghunathan… - Current Developments …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Women's self-help groups (SHGs) have become one of the largest institutional
platforms serving the poor. Nutrition behavior change communication (BCC) interventions …

Predictors of the diets consumed by adolescent girls, pregnant women and mothers with children under age two years in rural eastern India

S Unisa, A Saraswat, A Bhanot, A Jaleel… - Journal of Biosocial …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Adolescents, pregnant women and mothers of children under 2 years of age are in stages of
life characterized by higher nutritional demands. The study measured the dietary diversity of …

An adaptation of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) for measuring food insecurity among women in socially-backward communities

F Onori, P Dhillon, K Dinachandra… - Asian Journal of …, 2021 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Recent reviews on the use of experience-based food insecurity scales in the Indian context
suggested the addition of" how often" related items to food insecurity modules to avoid …

[HTML][HTML] Matching Intent With Intensity: Implementation Research on the Intensity of Health and Nutrition Programs With Women's Self-Help Groups in India

A Hazra, A Das, J Ahmad, S Singh… - … Health: Science and …, 2022 - ghspjournal.org
ABSTRACT Introduction: In India, a large network of self-help groups (SHGs) implements
interventions to improve women9s and children9s health and nutrition. There is growing …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrition status of nulliparous married Indian women 15-24 years: decadal trends, predictors and program implications

V Sethi, K Dinachandra, Z Murira, J Gausman… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
In India, 66% of 8 million married adolescents (~ 5.3 million) are nulliparous and likely to
conceive soon. Among married young women aged 20–24 years about 9.1 million are …