Trial reportBMC public health2011
Health education for microcredit clients in Peru: a randomized controlled trial.
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Evaluation of Impacts of Health Education for Children of Microcredit Clients in Peru
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Drivers of stunting reduction in Peru: a country case study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) strategy for children under five.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- A systematic review of the effectiveness of individual, community and societal level interventions at reducing socioeconomic inequalities in obesity amongst children.BMC public health · 2014Pooled it
- Credit with Health Education in Benin: A Cluster Randomized Trial Examining Impacts on Knowledge and Behavior.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Trial
- An experiment of health services and additional microcredit in 128 villages of Bangladesh.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2022Article
- The Relationship Between Household Microfinance Group Participation and Vaccine Adherence Among Children in Rural Western Kenya.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
- Health Education Training Embedded in a Microfinance Platform Associated with Safer Sexual Behavior in Haitian Women.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- The health knowledge mechanism: evidence on the link between education and health lifestyle in the Philippines.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2019Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPoverty, lack of female empowerment, and lack of education are major risk factors for childhood illness worldwide. Microcredit programs, by offering small loans to poor individuals, attempt to address the first two of these risk factors, poverty and gender disparity. They provide clients, usually women, with a means to invest in their businesses and support their families. This study investigates the health effects of also addressing the remaining risk factor, lack of knowledge about important health issues, through randomization of members of a microcredit organization to receive a health education module based on the World Health Organization's Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) community intervention.
methodsBaseline data were collected in February 2007 from clients of a microcredit organization in Pucallpa, Peru (n = 1,855) and their children (n = 598). Loan groups, consisting of 15 to 20 clients, were then randomly assigned to receive a health education intervention involving eight monthly 30-minute sessions given by the organization's loan officers at monthly loan group meetings. In February 2008, follow-up data were collected, and included assessments of sociodemographic information, knowledge of child health issues, and child health status (including child height, weight, and blood hemoglobin levels). To explore the effects of treatment (i.e., participation in the health education sessions) on the key outcome variables, multivariate regressions were implemented using ordinary least squares.
resultsIndividuals in the IMCI treatment arm demonstrated more knowledge about a variety of issues related to child health, but there were no changes in anthropometric measures or reported child health status.
conclusionsMicrocredit clients randomized to an IMCI educational intervention showed greater knowledge about child health, but no differences in child health outcomes compared to controls. These results imply that the intervention did not have sufficient intensity to change behavior, or that microcredit organizations may not be an appropriate setting for the administration of child health educational interventions of this type.
trial registrationThis study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01047033.
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