Reducing tobacco use among women in self-help groups (SHGs) in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra through a follow-up community-based tobacco cessation intervention package which will reinforce the tobacco cessation and awareness about tobacco achieved in an earlier intervention among these women.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Tobacco use
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 5000
Inclusion Criteria
Cluster level:
The cluster
1. should belong to the Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM)
2. should be in Gadchiroli district
3. office should be less than 50 km from the SEARCH headquarter
4. should have at least 4 functioning Sahayoginis (supervisors)
5. should have received the first round of community-based intervention package for tobacco cessation designed by SEARCH
Individual level:
1. the woman should be a member of the MAVIM SHG in the village from selected clusters
2. the SHG members should be more than 18 years old
Exclusion Criteria
Cluster level:
1.Clusters with more than 20 percent tribal villages (as the health education material was designed considering non-tribal population)
Individual level:
1.if the woman SHG member is bedridden due to illness
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decrease in the percentage of SHG members using tobaccoTimepoint: 4 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decrease in the average daily expenditure on tobaccoTimepoint: 4 months;The amount of money saved in the earthen money saving pots by the tobacco usersTimepoint: 4 months