Table 3.
Criterion to Assess Quality of Manuscripts.
| Item |
Coding category |
Description |
| 1. | Citation | Full citation APA style |
| 2. | Type of manuscript | Peer Review Journal Article, Editorials/Commentary, Report, Newspaper Article |
| 3. | Type of sub-publication | Original article, narrative systematic review, meta-analysis |
| 4. | Precise location | School, village, district, province, state, country |
| 5. | Location | Enter country where study was conducted |
| 6. | Location: Region | Enter the region of the world |
| 7. | Intervention | Did the manuscript mention/describe an intervention? If yes, describe the intervention. Make sure to state who the intervention was for, the intervention activities, the dose, the site where activities took place, and duration of the intervention. |
| 8. | Audience: Primary | What was the primary audience of the intervention? |
| 9. | Audience: Secondary | What was the secondary audience of the intervention? |
| 10. | Level of influence: intrapersonal | Was the intervention addressing the intrapersonal domain of the socio-ecological model? |
| 11. | Level of influence: interpersonal | Was the intervention addressing the interpersonal domain of the socio-ecological model? |
| 12. | Level of influence: social | Was the intervention addressing the social domain of the socio-ecological model? |
| 13. | Level of influence: policy | Was the intervention addressing the policy domain of the socio-ecological model? |
| 14. | MHHM Definition | Was a definition for menstrual health and hygiene management stated? If yes, enter the definition. |
| 15. | Evaluation | If an intervention was described, was an evaluation conducted? |
| 16. | MHHM Variable | Is the MHHM variable the independent, dependent or confounding/mediator/moderator variable? |
| 17. | Other study variables | What are the other study variables? Are these the independent, dependent or confounding variables? |
| 18. | Type of study | Cross-sectional, Randomized control trial, quasi-experimental, case-control, longitudinal |
| 19. | Methods | What type of methods were described in the manuscript? Qualitative, Quantitative, Mixed-Methods, Participatory |
| 20. | Key Results | Discussion of key results (if quantitative study, state the significant findings) |
| 21. | Conceptual/Theoretical Frameworks | Theory of change is outlined and applied to examine the key components |
| 22. | Statement of aims/objectives (Research question) | Description on why the manuscript was written and its contribution to literature is provided. |
| 23. | Justification for analytical method selected | Detailed explanation on why an analytical method was selected. |
| 24. | Sample Description | Who are the participants of the study? Include the sample size as: (n=) |
| 25. | Sample size consideration in the analysis | How was the sample size calculated? For quantitative studies, power analysis is provided; for qualitative studies enough individuals to reach saturation. |
| 26. | Statistical assessment of reliability | Are measures used reliable? (e.g., was pretesting conducted? Was a literature review conducted on the measures used? Was reliability analyzed?). Enter text to explain. |