Can microcredit help improve the health of poor women? Some findings from a cross-sectional study in Kerala, India
Open Access
- 10 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal for Equity in Health
- Vol. 7 (1) , 2
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-7-2
Abstract
This study examines associations between female participation in a microcredit program in India, known as self help groups (SHGs), and women's health in the south Indian state of Kerala. Because SHGs do not have a formal health program, this provides a unique opportunity to assess whether SHG participation influences women's health via the social determinants of health.Keywords
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