Use of community engagement interventions to improve child immunisation in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To support evidence informed decision-making, we systematically examine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community engagement interventions on routine childhood immunisation outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and identify contextual, design and implementation features associated with effectiveness.

Design

Mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

21 databases of academic and grey literature and 12 additional websites were searched in May 2019 and May 2020.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

We included experimental and quasi-experimental impact evaluations of community engagement interventions considering outcomes related to routine child immunisation in LMICs. No language, publication t

SUBMITTER: Jain M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9644342 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature