Volume : 5, Issue : 2, February - 2016

Impact of Behavioral Intervention Program on Overall Health of Families: a Report from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh

Devashish Shukla, Nisha M. Pandey, S. C. Tiwari

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;Present article is based on the data of a study titled &ldquo;A Study of the Impact of Behavioral Interventions on Illness Breeding Behaviours (BIP)&rdquo; which was carried out by the authors with funding support of World Bank through Uttar Pradesh Health Development Project (UPHSDP). The paper aimed to demonstrate proportion of benefit of behavioral interventions on the health status of families who were assessed, intervened and reassessed after a period of 6 months. Archived data of recruited families and their overall health status at the stage of initial evaluation (baseline) and final evaluation (outcome i.e .after 6 months of intervention) has been taken in consideration. The overall health status of the families was divided in two oad categories i.e. ill group and well group. The results are presented applying percentage statistics.</p>