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Prasanta Tripathy
Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications - 56
Citations - 2799
Prasanta Tripathy is an academic researcher from Erasmus University Rotterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 52 publications receiving 2369 citations.
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Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Audrey Prost,Tim Colbourn,Nadine Seward,Kishwar Azad,Arri Coomarasamy,Andrew Copas,Tanja A. J. Houweling,Tanja A. J. Houweling,Edward Fottrell,Abdul Kuddus,Sonia Lewycka,Christine MacArthur,Dharma S Manandhar,Joanna Morrison,Joanna Morrison,Charles Mwansambo,Nirmala Nair,Bejoy Nambiar,David Osrin,Christina Pagel,Tambosi Phiri,Anni-Maria Pulkki-Brännström,Mikey Rosato,Jolene Skordis-Worrall,Naomi Saville,Naomi Saville,Neena Shah More,Bhim P Shrestha,Prasanta Tripathy,Amie Wilson,Anthony Costello +30 more
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials undertaken in Bangladesh, India, Malawi, and Nepal in which the effects of women's groups practising participatory learning and action were assessed to identify population-level predictors of effect on maternal mortality, neonatal mortality, and stillbirths.
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Effect of a participatory intervention with women's groups on birth outcomes and maternal depression in Jharkhand and Orissa, India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Prasanta Tripathy,Nirmala Nair,Sarah A. Barnett,Rajendra Mahapatra,Josephine Borghi,Shibanand Rath,Suchitra Rath,Rajkumar Gope,Dipnath Mahto,Rajesh Sinha,Rashmi Lakshminarayana,Vikram Patel,Christina Pagel,Audrey Prost,Anthony Costello +14 more
TL;DR: This intervention could be used with or as a potential alternative to health-worker-led interventions, and presents new opportunities for policy makers to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in poor populations.
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Community participation: lessons for maternal, newborn, and child health
Mikey Rosato,Glenn Laverack,Lisa Howard Grabman,Prasanta Tripathy,Nirmala Nair,Charles Mwansambo,Kishwar Azad,Joanna Morrison,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Henry B. Perry,Susan B. Rifkin,Anthony Costello +11 more
TL;DR: In developing countries, antenatal, delivery, and postnatal experiences for women usually take place in communities rather than health facilities, so strategies to improve maternal and child health should involve the community as a complement to any facility-based component.
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Prevalence and determinants of caesarean section in private and public health facilities in underserved South Asian communities: cross-sectional analysis of data from Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
Melissa Neuman,Glyn Alcock,Kishwar Azad,Abdul Kuddus,David Osrin,Neena Shah More,Nirmala Nair,Prasanta Tripathy,Catherine Sikorski,Naomi Saville,Aman Sen,Tim Colbourn,Tanja A. J. Houweling,Nadine Seward,Dharma S Manandhar,Bhim P Shrestha,Anthony Costello,Audrey Prost +17 more
TL;DR: The results lend support to the hypothesis that increased caesarean section rates in these South Asian countries may be driven in part by the private sector, and suggest that preferences for caedarean delivery may be higher among highly educated women.
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Explaining the impact of a women's group led community mobilisation intervention on maternal and newborn health outcomes: the Ekjut trial process evaluation
Suchitra Rath,Nirmala Nair,Prasanta Tripathy,Sarah A. Barnett,Shibanand Rath,Rajendra Mahapatra,Rajkumar Gope,Aparna Bajpai,Rajesh Sinha,Anthony Costello,Audrey Prost +10 more
TL;DR: This study reports process evaluation data from the Ekjut cluster-randomised controlled trial of a participatory learning and action cycle with women's groups to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in Jharkhand and Orissa, eastern India (2005-2008).