Spillover effects on health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many interventions delivered to improve health may benefit not only direct recipients but also people in close physical or social proximity. Our objective was to review all published literature about the spillover effects of interventions on health outcomes in low-middle income countries and to identify methods used in estimating these effects.

Methods

We searched 19 electronic databases for articles published before 2014 and hand-searched titles from 2010 to 2013 in five relevant journals. We adapted the Cochrane Collaboration's quality grading tool for spillover estimation and rated the quality of evidence.

Results

A total of 54 studies met inclusion criteria. We found a wide range of terminology used to describe spillovers, a lack of standardization amon

SUBMITTER: Benjamin-Chung J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837515 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature