Table 2.
Methodological aspects
| Paper/location | Scale and duration | Outcomes | Delivery and study participants | Overall design | Method collection | Method analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Pelto/Ethiopia | 11 districts in two regions; 7 mos 2016 | Appropriate use, continued use | CHW and health centres/caregivers | Focused ethnographic study | In‐depth, open‐ended interviews focused on appropriate use and continued use | Thematic analysis |
| 2. Tumilowicz/Ethiopia | 11 districts in two regions; 10 mos, 2016–2017 | Ever‐heard, ever‐received, ever‐fed, recently‐fed | CHW and health centres/caregivers | Endline survey (and FES reported in separate paper) | Endline survey with outcomes, caregiver, child, IYCF practices and perceived change in the child | Descriptive statistics and multivariate models guided by the PIP |
| 3. Ford/Uganda | One district; 12 mos 2016 | Coverage, recent consumption | Clinics, VHWs/caregivers | Endline survey, multi‐stage cluster sample | Endline survey, IYCF and MNP knowledge and practices and exposure to intervention | Univariate and multivariate analysis of predictors |
| 4. D'Agostino/Uganda | One district 9 mos 2016 | Ever‐heard, coverage, consumption, adherence | Facility; community/parents, VHWs, HWs | Six subcounties randomized to facility or community delivery | Systematic monthly spot‐checks; midline and endline KII; endline survey; bias‐check survey after endline | Endline differences; logit models; triangulation guided by PIP |
| 5. Roschnik/Mali | 60 rural villages; 4 months in 2014 and in 2016 | Coverage, adherence, acceptability, vehicles | Preschools/parents and community leaders | 60 villages randomized to MNP vs control | Quantitative baseline and endline surveys and a midline qualitative study | Descriptive statistics; logistic regression; thematic analysis |
| Paper/location | Scale and duration | Outcomes | Delivery and study participants | Overall design | Method collection | Method analysis |
| 6. Tumilowicz/Mozambique | Two districts 15 mos 2016–2017 | Ever‐heard, voucher coverage, sachet coverage, bottlenecks | Health centres (vouchers) and local shops (sachets)/caregivers, managers, implementers | Endline survey and focused ethnographic study | Endline survey and interviews with staff (in‐depth, semi‐structured and close‐ended) | Descriptive statistics guided by the PIP; thematic analysis |
| 7. Locks/Nepal | Two of 26 scaled‐up districts; 3 years 2014–2016 | Ever‐received, maternal knowledge of appropriate use, repeat coverage, adherence | CHWs and health centres/caregivers | Endline survey | Endline survey with outcomes, perceptions and experiences | Descriptive statistics; multivariate analysis of predictors |
| 8. Schnefke/Ethiopia | N/A | Guidance for designing interview protocols for implementation research | Researchers, expert advisory group | Expert consultation | Pre‐testing/mock interviews with experts | Expert consultation |
Note. MNP, micronutrient powder; N/A, not applicable.