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Building lasting change to prevent gender-based violence
Violence against women and girls is common but largely invisible. Beginning in the 1960s, the women’s movement against violence in India emphasised a constitutional and rights-based approach to reforming the status and treatment of women. Feminist efforts focused on supporting survivors of violence through shelters, counselling, legal help, and law, leading to the landmark Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
Community interventions to prevent violence against women and girls in informal settlements in Mumbai: a theory-driven, pragmatic, cluster-randomised, controlled trial
ArticlesVolume 13, Issue 12e2082-e2096Open access aSNEHA, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India bSchool of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden cUCL Institute for Global Health, London, UK dAntarang Foundation, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India eSchool of Public Health, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Publication History: Published December 2025 DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00358-4 External LinkAlso available on ScienceDirect External Link Copyright:...
“I hope I die. That is what I hope for”: Qualitative study of lived experiences of mental health of Indian women living with HIV experiencing intersectional stigma
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Citation: Mukerji R, Mannell J, Osrin D (2023) “I hope I die. That is what I hope for”: Qualitative study of lived experiences of mental health of Indian women living with HIV experiencing intersectional stigma. PLOS Glob Public Health 3(12): e0002075.
Mixed studies review of domestic violence in the lives of women affected by HIV stigma
Search strategy and terms We conducted a mixed studies review (Pluye & Hong, 2014) of the literature to explore violence experienced by women affected by HIV and its link with HIV stigma. Medline, Web of Science, PsycINFO and EMBASE databases were searched to cover the biomedical, psychological, and public health literature, with no starting date limit and up to March 2020. Librarian-guided searches using keywords and MeSH (medical subject heading) terms covered HIV, stigma, and domestic violence.
Community mobilisation to prevent violence against women and girls in eastern India through participatory learning and action with women’s groups facilitated by accredited social health activists: a before-and-after pilot study
Research article Open Access Published: 25 March 2020 Nirmala Nair1 na1, Nayreen Daruwalla2 na1, David Osrin3, Suchitra Rath1, Sumitra Gagrai1, Rebati Sahu1, Hemanta Pradhan1, Megha De1, Gauri Ambavkar2, Nibha Das1, G.
Understanding participation dilemmas in community mobilisation: can collective action theory help?
Understanding participation dilemmas in community mobilisation: can collective action theory help?
Understanding participation dilemmas in community mobilisation: can collective action theory help?
Introduction In Rules for Radicals, legendary community organiser Saul Alinsky asserted that efforts to mobilise communities were bound to fail if activists did not appeal to community members’ self-interest.1 By ‘self-interest’, Alinsky was not only referring to material or ‘selfish’ interests, but to any motivation that compelled individuals to act.1 In contemporary discourse, we might call such a force an incentive.
Five questions to consider before conducting a stepped wedge trial
Researchers should consider five questions before starting a stepped wedge trial. Why are you planning one? Researchers sometimes think that stepped wedge trials are useful when there is little doubt about the benefit of the intervention being tested. However, if the primary reason for an intervention is to measure its effect, without equipoise there is no ethical justification for delaying implementation in some clusters.
Effects of women’s groups practising participatory learning and action on preventive and care-seeking behaviours to reduce neonatal mortality: A meta-analysis of cluster-randomised trials
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Nadine Seward , Melissa Neuman, Tim Colbourn, David Osrin, Sonia Lewycka, Kishwar Azad, Anthony Costello, Sushmita Das, Edward Fottrell, Abdul Kuddus, Dharma Manandhar, Nirmala Nair, Bejoy Nambiar, Neena Shah More, Tambosi Phiri, Prasanta Tripathy, [ ...
Child Homicide: A Global Public Health Concern
Loading metrics Open Access Perspective Perspective Perspectives are commissioned from an expert and discuss the clinical practice or public health implications of a published study. The original publication must be freely available online. See all article types » Delan Devakumar , David Osrin Delan Devakumar, David Osrin Published: April 26, 2016 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002004 Citation: Devakumar D, Osrin D (2016) Child Homicide: A Global Public Health Concern.
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