Table 2.

Evidence summary of the effect of participation in a WDT on maternal and child health service

Author, year	Target population	Study design	Outcome	Result
Aregawi et al,28 2017	Children aged between 9 and 23 months	Case–control	Default from immunisation among children aged between 9 and 23 months	Poor participation in WDTs (AOR=3.3,95% CI 1.54±7.08) is a determinant of defaulting
Godefay et al,29 2015	Mothers in the reproductive age group	Case–control	Maternal mortality	Women who were not members of a WDT were more likely to experience maternal death (OR 2.07, 95% CI 1.04 to 4.11)

AOR, adjusted odds ratio; WDT, women’s development team.