IMPROVING INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING PRACTICES THROUGH SELF-HELP GROUPS IN BIHAR: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PARIVARTAN INITIATIVE

In 2011, Project Concern International, along with partners PATH and the Foundation for Research in Health Systems started a project called Parivartan with an objective of increasing the adoption of health, nutrition, and sanitation behaviors among women of reproductive age in the most marginalized communities of Bihar. As part of this effort, the project focused on mobilizing self-help groups in eight districts and 55 blocks of Bihar to strengthen complementary and age-appropriate feeding.

Though known for their affiliation toward livelihoods and microfinance, the initial pre-post assessment findings along with Parivartan’s field experiences, suggest that self-help groups can also be mobilized for better health nutrition and sanitation outcomes.
Implementation Note 12, November 2015