How is the implementation of empirical research results documented in conflict-affected settings? Findings from a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature

Leresche, Enrica; Hossain, Mazeda; De Rubeis, Maria Livia; Hermans, Veerle; Burtscher, Doris; Rossi, Rodolfo; Lonsdale, Cordelia; Singh, Neha S.

doi:10.1186/s13031-023-00534-9

Conflict and Health

Table 3 Expected benefits from each intervention and source of information

From: How is the implementation of empirical research results documented in conflict-affected settings? Findings from a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature

	Mainly based on own empirical field research derived from practice (n = 4)	Mainly based on external evidence referenced (n = 14)	Mixed approach (n = 4)
Authors using this approach	[44,45,46, 65]	[48, 50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58, 60,61,62,63]	[47, 49, 59, 64]
Type of intervention, benefits described, and references used to describe these benefits	° Community scorecards are expected to be a means to engage multiple stakeholders, strengthen social accountability and responsiveness [44] ° Functional call centres are expected to increase the support for, and quality of care provided by informal healthcare providers [44] ° Multifaceted mother and child interventions are expected to stimulate the demand for services (through transport vouchers and sensitization) and improve the quality of services (through trainings, non-financial recognition, supportive supervision) [44] ° Practice-based mental health interventions are expected to bring longer term changes in the health system [80] ° Implementation of government policies are expected to decrease food insecurity [46]	° Self-guided help is expected to improve mental health outcomes [66, 67] ° EASE is expected to help adolescents cope with depression or anxiety symptoms [69] ° Misoprostol is expected to be between 75 and 90% effective to induce abortion in the first 9 weeks of pregnancy [76, 79] ° PM+ is expected to reduce common mental health symptoms and improve psychosocial functioning [68, 70, 74] ° MNP is expected to decrease and prevent micronutrient deficiencies [71] ° Social factors are expected to influence the well-being of children [77, 78] ° Evidence-based mental healthcare interventions improve mental health outcomes [72, 73] ° Evidence on Parenting interventions are expected to increase the well-being of children [75]	° Developing a tutor of resilience approach is expected to increase the feasibility and sustainability of the intervention [64] ° Inclusion of families in the model is expected to increase the resilience of the children [47, 77, 81] ° Multi-layered mental health programs are expected to be more effective [59, 82, 83] ° A system of care approach tailored to the context is expected to increase effectiveness [49, 84, 85]

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