Trial reportArchives of disease in childhood2020
Rojiroti microfinance and child nutrition: a cluster randomised trial.
Trial report in Archives of disease in childhood, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01845545 (A Feasibility and Pilot Study of the Effects of Microfinance on Under 5 Mortality and Nutrition, Amongst the Very Poor in India), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Feasibility and Pilot Study of the Effects of Microfinance on Under 5 Mortality and Nutrition, Amongst the Very Poor in India
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of self-financing patient-led support groups in the management of hypertension and diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic review.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2023Pooled it
- Community interventions with women's groups to improve women's and children's health in India: a mixed-methods systematic review of effects, enablers and barriers.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of a maternal counselling intervention delivered by community health workers on child nutrition: secondary analysis of a cluster randomised controlled trial in India.BMC public health · 2021Trial
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- Building a rights-based approach to nutrition for women and children: harnessing the potential of women's groups and rights-based organizations in South Asia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Identifying pregnant and postpartum women's priorities for enhancing nutrition support through social needs programmes in a resource-constrained urban community in South Africa.BMC public health · 2024Article
- A cross-sectional study to describe the spectrum of ocular manifestations and risk factors of mucormycosis presenting to a tertiary hospital of East India.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Exploring the Factors Associated with Dietary Diversity of Children Aged 6-59 Months in Some Rural and Slum Areas of Bangladesh amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Effect Regression Analysis.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Article
- A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of a Nutrition Behavior Change Intervention Delivered Through Women's Self-Help Groups in Rural India: Impacts on Maternal and Young Child Diets, Anthropometry, and Intermediate Outcomes.Current developments in nutrition · 2022Article
- The Relationship Between Household Microfinance Group Participation and Vaccine Adherence Among Children in Rural Western Kenya.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether Rojiroti microfinance, for poor Indian women, improves child nutrition.
designCluster randomised trial.
settingTolas (village communities) in Bihar State.
participantsWomen and children under 5 years.
interventionsWith Rojiroti microfinance, women form self-help groups and save their money to provide loans to group members. After 6 months, they receive larger external loans. Tolas were randomised to receive Rojiroti immediately or after 18 months. OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary analysis compared the mean weight for height Z score (WHZ) of children under 5 years in the intervention versus control tolas who attended for weight and height measurement 18 months after randomisation. Secondary outcomes were weight for age Z score (WAZ), height for age Z score, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), wasting, underweight and stunting.
resultsWe randomised 28 tolas to each arm and collected data from 2469 children (1560 mothers) at baseline and 2064 children (1326 mothers) at follow-up. WHZ was calculated for 1718 children at baseline and 1377 (674 intervention and 703 control) at follow-up. At 18 months, mean WHZ was significantly higher for intervention (-1.02) versus controls (-1.37; regression coefficient adjusted for clustering β
conclusionIn marginalised communities in rural India, child nutrition was better in those who received Rojiroti microfinance, compared with controls. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT01845545.
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