, 2013 Part studies on the impact of microfinance through self help groups (HGs) and other collective poverty alleviation initiatives have predominantly focused on the financial benefits to the individual or the group (Hermes and Lensink 2011; Hulme and Mosley ...
Luke, Belinda G. +2 more
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Matching Intent With Intensity: Implementation Research on the Intensity of Health and Nutrition Programs With Women's Self-Help Groups in India. [PDF]
Glob Health Sci Pract, 2022 Hazra A +7 more
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Viewpoint on self-help groups. The case for a partnership with self-help groups [PDF]
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Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups and Peer Support: A Literature Review
, 2020 English-language social and behavioral science research into US self-help/mutual aid groups and nonprofit organizations (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous, Parents Without Partners, or bereavement groups) is reviewed. The review begins in the 1960s and proceeds
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'Let communities do their work': the role of mutual aid and self-help groups in the Covid-19 pandemic response. [PDF]
Disasters, 2021 Carstensen N, Mudhar M, Munksgaard FS.
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The impact of self-help groups on successful substance use treatment completion for opioid use: An intersectional analysis of race/ethnicity and sex. [PDF]
J Subst Abuse Treat, 2022 Stenersen MR +5 more
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"We carried her in a wheelbarrow to the clinic": process evaluation of the AMETHIST intervention combining microplanning with self-help groups to improve HIV prevention and treatment among female sex workers in Zimbabwe. [PDF]
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Effectiveness of a community-based education and peer support led by women's self-help groups in improving the control of hypertension in urban slums of Kerala, India: a cluster randomised controlled pragmatic trial. [PDF]
BMJ Glob Health, 2022 P Suseela R +8 more
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Self Help Groups and empowerment of women: Self-selection or actual benefits?
Evidence on success of SHGs in empowering females is mixed. In particular, researchers argue that such schemes often attract women who are already active in the public domain (referred to as ‘self-selection’), so that those who are most in need of ...
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Layering of a health, nutrition and sanitation programme onto microfinance-oriented self-help groups in rural India: results from a process evaluation. [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2021 Irani L +3 more
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