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Sitting with others: mental health self-help groups in northern Ghana [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2012
Background Over the past four decades, there has been increasing interest in Self-Help Groups, by mental health services users and caregivers, alike. Research in high-income countries suggests that participation in SHGs is associated with decreased use ...
Cohen Alex   +6 more
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Rural women farmers’ assessment of credit oriented self-help groups in Delta State, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade), 2014
This study was conducted to analyze the perception of the rural woman about credit oriented self-help group in Delta State, Nigeria. A sample size of 110 respondents was used for the study and data were collected from them with the use of ...
Ofuoku Albert U., Albert Carol E.
doaj   +1 more source

Self Help Groups - Imperative for Financial Inclusion in India

open access: yesBhutan Journal of Business and Management, 2019
India, in the last couple of decades, has witnessed competent growth in the financial service sector. However, several questions have often been raised for majority of impoverished population that is excluded from formal financial system.
Purna Prasad Sharma
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Health information needs assessment among self-help groups and willingness for involvement in health promotion in a rural setting in Puducherry: A mixed-method study

open access: yesJournal of Education and Health Promotion, 2019
BACKGROUND: Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over their own health. Community involvement in social and environmental interventions tends to improve people's health and quality of life.
Sathish Rajaa   +3 more
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Improving the depth of data quality or increasing confusion? Reflections on a data analysis involving members of a self‐help group for relatives of people living with dementia

open access: yesHealth Expectations, 2021
Background Public involvement in research to improve data quality and to empower different stakeholders is good scientific practice, but rarely implemented across all research phases.
Antonia Kowe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE SELF-HELP GROUP RESILIENCE PROJECT: DEVELOPING AND PILOTING A RESILIENCE INTERVENTION IN BIHAR, INDIA

open access: yesJournal of Social Intervention, 2022
This paper describes the development of a resilience-based self-help group (SHG) curriculum for an illiterate, adult, female population in rural Bihar and highlights lessons learned for future program development.
Gracy Andrew   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kerala’s celebrated Kudumbashree scheme for poverty reduction: a critical look through a feminist lens

open access: yesCommonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2023
This paper critically examines whether the Kudumbashree scheme of the Kerala government was successful in both reducing poverty and enhancing the social capital of women.
Shilpa Santhosh
doaj   +1 more source

Mercury Rising phase 11: building capacity for mental health self help groups in Queensland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This report on Mercury Rising Phase II describes: 1. The story of the project and its implementation. 2. The use of digital mapping by local groups as an innovation to the field. 3.
Summers, Jacqui   +2 more
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Perception of rugby athletes on wheelchairs on supports received for an adapted sport practice

open access: yesCadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 2019
Introduction: The literature has demonstrated the relevance and positive influence of social support for the promotion and protection of human development in its different dimensions.
Marco Antônio Guevara Becerra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intervention to Enhance Empowerment in Breast Cancer Self-Help Groups [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
As arduous psychological reactions and loss of control almost inevitably represent a challenge for women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, a participatory intervention study was initiated that aimed to enhance empowerment in breast cancer self ...
Mittelmark, Maurice B., Stang, Ingun
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