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Article History

Received: 21 November 2017

Accepted: 3 October 2018

First Online: 19 October 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The research began as a piece of formative study to support the trial of a community accountability mechanism focused on improving ICDS and NRHM services in the Indian State of Odisha. The trial and its evaluation were designed by the Institute of Development Studies and the International Food Policy Institute and received ethical approval by the Research and Ethics Committee, Government of Odisha (India), Department of Health and Family Welfare, on 28.04.2015. Copy of the approval document can be provided upon request. Secondly, participants interviewed during the research provided their written consent to participate in the study. Data from participants has been kept anonymous throughout all the stages of the research. A copy of the consent form in both English and Odya (local language) is available upon request.

: By granting written consent to participate in the study, participants also provided consent to publishing results on the premises of no breach of confidentiality.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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