Group life-skills and health empowerment for young married women in India to avoid unintended pregnancy
The impact of group-based life skills and health empowerment for young, married, women to avoid unintended pregnancies in India.
Group life-skills and reproductive health empowerment classes aim to help young, newly married women in India avoid unintended pregnancies.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of California, San Francisco NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (San Francisco, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11180301 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would join group sessions called DAMINI that combine life-skills training with reproductive health information and empowerment activities. Villages are randomized so some women receive DAMINI while others receive the usual health education and contraceptive access from community health workers. The project focuses on recently married women aged 18–25 who do not want a pregnancy at the time of enrollment and tracks pregnancies, contraceptive use, and measures of empowerment. The study is taking place in communities in Uttar Pradesh, India and follows participants over time to compare outcomes between the two approaches.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are recently married women aged 18–25 living in participating villages in Uttar Pradesh who do not want to become pregnant right now.
Not a fit: Women trying to conceive, those outside the age or marital status criteria, or those living outside the participating communities would not be expected to benefit from this specific program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could lower unintended pregnancies and improve young women's reproductive knowledge and decision-making power.
How similar studies have performed: Some prior empowerment and health-education programs have shown promise for increasing contraceptive use, but rigorous randomized trials specifically for young, newly married women in India are limited.
Where this research is happening
San Francisco, United States
- University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Diamond-Smith, Nadia Griffi — University of California, San Francisco
- Study coordinator: Diamond-Smith, Nadia Griffi
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.