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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

A State of the Art of Self Help Groups in India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper considers the strategies of self help group for micro-enterprise development in rural areas. It seeks to answer the question of whether and under which conditions self help groups are an effective vehicle for organizing and representing local ...
Jongerden, J.P.   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Care, values and support in local self-help groups [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This article examines ‘care’ and ‘values’ in local self-help groups and voluntary organisations which mobilise around partnering and parenting. It finds that a shared identity based upon common experiences of misrecognition and stigma is the most ...
Williams, F.
core   +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

Effects of Self-help Groups Intervention on Coping Strategies of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Coping strategies were significant predictors of psychosocial adaptation in parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Self-help groups could be effective resources for parents in dealing with problems wile caring for children with ASD. The
Hidayah, R. (Ridhoyanti)   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

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

Delivering development? Evidence on self-help groups as development intermediaries in South Asia and Africa.

open access: yesDevelopment Policy Review, 2018
Donors and governments increasingly seek to deliver development projects through community-based organizations such as self-help groups (SHGs), but little is known about the effectiveness of such arrangements.
Mary Kay Gugerty   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relief from usury: Impact of a self-help group lending program in rural India

open access: yesJournal of Development Economics, 2021
Provision of low-cost credit to the poor through self-help groups (SHGs) has been embraced as a key poverty-reduction strategy in developing countries, but evidence on the impact of this approach is thin.
V. Hoffmann   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

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