Resources

A Report on the Dissemination of Urban Health Models for Scaling – 15 November, 2019, Mumbai

The event was a determined step towards scaling up of SNEHA’s existing models by partnering with different stakeholders, including Government and Non-Governmental organisations (NGOs).

Public Health

15 Jan 2020

Community interventions to prevent violence against women and girls in informal settlements in Mumbai: the SNEHA-TARA pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

By Nayreen Daruwalla, Unnati Machchhar, Shanti Pantvaidya, Vanessa D’Souza, Lu Gram, Andrew Copas and David Osrin

Public Health

17 Dec 2019

‘Promoting women’s and children’s health through community groups in low-income and middle-income countries: a mixed-methods systematic review of mechanisms, enablers and barriers’ published in the British Medical Journal

By Lu Gram, Adam Fitchett, Asma Ashraf, Nayreen Daruwalla and David Osrin

Public Health

5 Dec 2019

Disseminating Urban Health Models for Scaling 2019 – Mumbai

This dissemination aimed to bring together people from across public institutions, philanthropic organisations, implementing organisations, academia and representatives of communities to dialogue on - Partnering with Public Systems, Evidence Building, Community Engagement and Moving towards Sustainability.

Public Health

15 Nov 2019

Research Report: A collaborative project between Mumbai Police and SNEHA to respond to survivors of violence

By Swati Shinde, Dr Nayreen Daruwalla (Program Director, PVWC), Sangeeta Punekar (Associate Program Director, PVWC), Unnati Machchhar (Associate Program Director, PVWC)

Public Health

28 Aug 2019

Volunteer Study Report 2019

Lessons learnt from community volunteers in SNEHA's Child Health and Nutrition (Aahar) programme (2016-2018)

Institutionalizing community participation processes in urban informal settlements

22 Aug 2019

A theory of change for community interventions to prevent domestic violence against women and girls in Mumbai, India

Authors: Nayreen Daruwalla, Surinder Jaswal, Prakash Fernandes, Preethi Pinto, Ketaki Hate, Gauri Ambavkar, Bhaskar Kakad, Lu Gram and David Osrin

The theory of change was developed in five phases, via expert workshops, use of primary data, recurrent team meetings, adjustment at further meetings and workshops, and a review of published theories.

21 Aug 2019

City-level Youth Symposium

“Not about me... without me” Young Lives amidst a Transforming Urban World

Empowerment, Health and Sexuality of Adolescents

17 Jun 2019

Aahar

SNEHA’s Child Health and Nutrition program called Aahar, shifted from direct implementation to a more hand-holding and capacity-building role, where we gradually started increasing the involvement of ICDS staff to deliver 6 mandated services

Maternal and Newborn Health

12 Jun 2019

Health committees to promote health seeking behavior

Health Committees are formed in communities with poor MNH indicators and hard to reach locations. These communities are selected after consultations with concerned health posts in the areas under SNEHA’s intervention.

Public Health

12 Jun 2019

Condom Depots

Promotion of family planning and ensuring access to preferred contraceptive methods for women and couples is essential to securing the well-being and good health of women.

Family Planning

12 Jun 2019

NGO and government partnerships to address and manage maternal Anemia

To improve the Hb status of women it is important to address this issue holistically through different strategies like early registration of pregnant women, early screening and identification of Hb status,

Maternal and Newborn Health

12 Jun 2019