Community workers and preventive measures for maternal and child health (Florez et al., 2015)

ID:

RMNCHSR036

Full title:

Effectiveness of community workers on preventive measures to maternal and child health in low and middle income countries: systematic review of the literature.

Author(s):

Florez et al.

Publication date:

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Maps:

Social, Behavioural and Community Engagement Interventions for Child Health

Social, Behavioural and Community Engagement Interventions for Maternal Health

Social, Behavioural and Community Engagement Interventions for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child Health

Review design:

Effectiveness review

Confidence Level:

Low

Number of Impact Evaluations :

19

Regions:

East Asia and Pacific

Latin America and the Caribbean

South Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

Population:

Care during pregnancy, childbirth and after childbirth

Diarrhoea

Immunizations

Infant feeding and nutrition

Malaria

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Interventions:

Home visits

Mixed IPC approaches

Outcomes:

Caregiver practices

Maternal, newborn and child morbidity and disability

Link:

http://www.3ieimpact.org/en/evidence/systematic-reviews/details/1197/