Hazra et al. (2020)’s quasi experimental study in Uttar Pradesh, India assessed the effects of health behavior change interventions on maternal and newborn health (MNH) practices when delivered through women’s SHGs. The study found that providing the interventions through SHGs not only helped improve maternal and newborn practices, but also reduced disparities between most- and least marginalized populations for such behaviors.
Read MoreIn an evidence review that studied 46 high quality evaluations of interventions delivered through SHGs in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, Gugerty et al. (2019) found that though the impacts of SHG-based interventions were generally positive, the evidence base was limited and did not generally test whether alternative delivery mechanisms might be more effective.
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