Community Mobilization in Uttar Pradesh

Project Description

Community Mobilization in Uttar Pradesh will pilot, evaluate, and scale up the self-help group (SHG) model, which is a promising platform for scaling up family health interventions.

The project objectives are: (1) To increase adoption of evidence-based, high-impact family health behaviors through SHGs to reach the poor; (2) To increase access to local health services; (3) To scale up evidence-based, high impact health behaviors and effective strategies to improve access to health services for the poor.

Project Details

Principal Investigator Deborah Maine
Boston University Co-Investigator Jenny Ruducha
Collaborators Public Health Foundation of India, Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana, Population Council, and the Community Empowerment Lab
Country(ies) India
Dates of Research 2012-2016
Donor/Funder Bill_and_Melinda_Gates_FoundationThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation