Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  • Audrey Prost
  • , Tim Colbourn
  • , Nadine Seward
  • , Kishwar Azad
  • , Aravinthan Coomarasamy
  • , Andrew Copas
  • , Tanja A J Houweling
  • , Edward Fottrell
  • , Abdul Kuddus
  • , Sonia Lewycka
  • , Christine MacArthur
  • , Dharma Manandhar
  • , Joanna Morrison
  • , Charles Mwansambo
  • , Nirmala Nair
  • , Bejoy Nambiar
  • , David Osrin
  • , Christina Pagel
  • , Tambosi Phiri
  • , Anni-Maria Pulkki-Brännström
  • Mikey Rosato, Jolene Skordis-Worrall, Naomi Saville, Neena Shah More, Bhim Shrestha, Prasanta Tripathy, Amie Wilson, Anthony Costello

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Abstract

Maternal and neonatal mortality rates remain high in many low-income and middle-income countries. Different approaches for the improvement of birth outcomes have been used in community-based interventions, with heterogeneous effects on survival. We assessed the effects of women's groups practising participatory learning and action, compared with usual care, on birth outcomes in low-resource settings.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1736-46
Number of pages11
JournalLancet
Volume381
Issue number9879
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 May 2013

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