Table 9. Study quality.

Elements of study quality	Articles with rich community participation in service delivery and governance (n = 64)
	Yes	Partial	No
	Sampling
Study area described	97% (62/64)	0% (0/64)	3% (2/64)
Study area selection explained	72% (46/64)	2% (1/64)	27% (17/64)
Sampling criteria mentioned	59% (38/64)	0% (0/64)	41% (26/64)
Non-participation rates	16% (10/64)	0% (0/64)	84% (54/64)
	Data methods
Data sources listed	83% (53/64)	2% (1/64)	16% (10/64)
Data collector training/ piloting mentioned	25% (16/64)	2% (1/64)	73% (47/64)
Data collection described	73% (47/64)	2% (1/64)	25% (16/64)
Supervision mentioned	5% (3/64)	0% (0/64)	95% (61/64)
Ethics statement mentioned	25% (16/64)	0% (0/64)	75% (48/64)
	Analysis
Methods stated	67% (43/64)	8% (5/64)	25% (16/64)
Limitations stated	36% (23/64)	0% (0/64)	64% (41/64)
	Trustworthiness
Triangulation by data source	73% (47/64)	0% (0/64)	27% (17/64)
Triangulation by respondent	61% (39/64)	0% (0/64)	41% (25/64)
Respondent validation stated	17% (11/64)	0% (0/64)	83% (53/64)
Reflexivity stated	8% (5/64)	0% (0/64)	92% (59/64)