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. 2017 Jul 18;10(1):1340396. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1340396

Table 1.

Categories used to rank evidence.

Score Categories
Evidence of impact on morbidity or mortalitya
1 Strong evidence of benefit in efficacy and effectiveness settings and recommended for inclusion in health systems.
2 Moderate level of evidence of impact but recommended for inclusion in health systems.
3 Low level of evidence but recommended for further evaluation in health systems on additional criteria and plausibility.
Evidence and potential for delivery and inclusion in primary care programmes
1 Strong evidence of benefit in efficacy and effectiveness settings and recommended.
2 Plausible and promising evidence of impact but needs evaluation in health systems at scale.
3 Promising interventions that need further assessment in primary care settings.
Evidence on determinants of child health and behaviour change (eg. fiscal, regulatory)
1 Strong evidence of benefit in efficacy and effectiveness settings and recommended.
2 Plausible and promising evidence of impact but need more at scale.
3 Low or no evidence of scale with uncertainty if applicability.

aCategories are based on a ranking scale developed by Bhutta Z et al. [17] and modified for this review.