Intrahousehold influence on contraceptive use among married Indian women: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey 2015-16.

Background: India, where more than one married woman of reproductive age often live in the same household, provides an ideal setting to promote family planning through intrahousehold influence.

Objectives: This study examined the association between use of modern contraceptives by young married women, and other married women live in the same household.

Methods: We included 31,361 currently married women of 15-24 years from women data of the National Family Health Survey 2015-16.

Share of current unmet need for modern contraceptive methods attributed to past users of these methods in India.

Despite persistent efforts, unmet need for contraceptives in India has declined only slightly from 14% to 13% between 2005-06 and 2015-16. Many women using a family planning method discontinue it without switching to another method and continue to have unmet need. This study quantified the share of current unmet need for modern contraceptive methods attributed to past users of these methods in India.

India's family planning market and opportunities for the private sector: An analysis using the total market approach.

The private (commercial) sector in India can complement public sector for family planning services, but the roadmap to engage these two sectors remains a challenge. The total market approach (TMA) offers a strategy by understanding the comparative advantage of public, commercial, and nonprofit sectors. We estimated TMA indicators using data of four rounds of the National Family Health Surveys: 1992-93, 1998-99, 2005-06, and 2015-16.

Increasing knowledge of home based maternal and newborn care using self-help groups: Evidence from rural Uttar Pradesh, India.

Background: In India, pregnant women and recently delivered mothers of marginalized communities in Uttar Pradesh (UP) remain un-reached by frontline-health-workers. In these communities, self-help groups (SHGs) have the potential to reach these women with knowledge of home-based maternal and newborn care (HBMNC).

Objective: The study examines the feasibility of SHGs to improve knowledge of HBMNC.

Mobile Phone Messaging to Husbands to Improve Maternal and Child Health Behavior in India.

Over 90% of households in rural Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of India, have at least one mobile phone. However, ownership of mobile phone among women is quite low. Implementation research was conducted in Uttar Pradesh to examine (a) whether providing information on selected maternal and child health (MCH) behaviors to a husband's mobile phone would enhance the man's knowledge and lead to discussions in their family, and (b) whether such discussions would help in the adoption of healthy practices.