Table 1.
Characteristics of included publications (n=110) and included interventions (n=331)
Study and population characteristics | |
Geographic region* | n |
East Asia and the Pacific | 10 |
Europe and Central Asia | 2 |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 5 |
Middle East and North Africa | 12 |
South Asia | 9 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 83 |
Publication type | n |
Non-research report | 54 |
Mixed methods | 4 |
Observational study | 42 |
Qualitative study | 7 |
Quasiexperimental study | 1 |
Randomised controlled trial | 2 |
Displacement status of beneficiary population* | n |
Refugees | 49 |
IDPs | 49 |
Non-displaced | 25 |
Returning refugees | 3 |
Host | 11 |
Unreported | 14 |
Setting of displaced populations† | n |
Camp | 34 |
Dispersed | 11 |
Mixed | 33 |
Unreported | 10 |
Intervention delivery characteristics | |
Target population type* | n |
All/general population | 65 |
Women of reproductive age | 176 |
Adolescents (10–19 years) | 16 |
Implementation platform* | n |
Existing health system | 110 |
Faith-based system | 9 |
Informal governance | 9 |
NGO/UN agencies | 304 |
Militaryplatform | 3 |
Researchplatform | 31 |
*Publications can be included in more than one category.
†Only reflects publications that reported on displaced populations (refugees, IDPS or returning refugees).
IDP, internally displaced person; NGO, non-governmental organisation.