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Rajkumar Gope
Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications - 19
Citations - 929
Rajkumar Gope 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 9, co-authored 16 publications receiving 781 citations.
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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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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).
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Effect of participatory women's groups and counselling through home visits on children's linear growth in rural eastern India (CARING trial): a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Nirmala Nair,Prasanta Tripathy,Harshpal Singh Sachdev,Hemanta Pradhan,Sanghita Bhattacharyya,Rajkumar Gope,Sumitra Gagrai,Shibanand Rath,Suchitra Rath,Rajesh Sinha,Swati Sarbani Roy,Suhas Shewale,Vijay Singh,Aradhana Srivastava,Anthony Costello,Andrew Copas,Jolene Skordis-Worrall,Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli,Naomi Saville,Audrey Prost +19 more
TL;DR: The intervention did not significantly affect exclusive breastfeeding, timely introduction of complementary foods, morbidity, appropriate home care or care-seeking during childhood illnesses, and certain secondary outcomes such as self-reported dietary diversity and handwashing were improved.
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The equity impact of participatory women’s groups to reduce neonatal mortality in India: secondary analysis of a cluster-randomised trial
Tanja A. J. Houweling,Prasanta Tripathy,Nirmala Nair,Shibanand Rath,Suchitra Rath,Rajkumar Gope,Rajesh Sinha,Caspar W. N. Looman,Anthony Costello,Audrey Prost +9 more
TL;DR: The equity impact of a women’s group intervention in India that strongly reduced the neonatal mortality rate in a cluster-randomised trial is described and explained.
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Are village health sanitation and nutrition committees fulfilling their roles for decentralised health planning and action? A mixed methods study from rural eastern India
Aradhana Srivastava,Rajkumar Gope,Nirmala Nair,Shibanand Rath,Suchitra Rath,Rajesh Sinha,Prabas Sahoo,Pavitra Mohan Biswal,Vijay P. Singh,Vikash Nath,Harshpal Singh Sachdev,Jolene Skordis-Worrall,Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli,Anthony Costello,Audrey Prost,Sanghita Bhattacharyya +15 more
TL;DR: If VHSNCs are to be instrumental in improving community health, sanitation and nutrition, they need education, mobilisation and monitoring for formal links with the wider health system.