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Literature Review Template

Citation

Year of Study

Country (Rural, Urban, or mixed)

Objective

Study Population

Method(s) Used

Intervention

Key Findings

Social/

Behavioral Drivers

Outcome/ Impact

Limitations

Implications for Future

Programs

Example

Inayati DA,

Scherbaum V,

Ratna RC, … Bellows AC. Infant feeding practices among mildly wasted children: a retrospective study on Nias Island, Indonesia. International Breastfeeding Journal 2012 7:3. doi:10.

1186/1746-43587-3

2007-08

Indonesia

To investigate infant feeding practices

Mothers of children 6-60 months

Survey, FGDs, IDIs

N/A

52% initiated breastfeeding within 6 hours. 12% practiced EBF 6 months. 74% offered other liquids within 7 days. 79% of infants were given other foods before 6 months.

Inappropriate infant feeding practices strongly influenced by traditional beliefs of mothers and paternal grandmothers.

N/A

None cited

Need appropriate nutrition counseling training for

community workers and health nutrition officers. Encourage public nutrition education that promotes breastfeeding, taking into account socialcultural factors.

BallardBarbash, R. T. (1997). Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium: a national mammography screening and outcomes database. AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 169(4), , 1001-1008.

1997

America

Investigate mammography screening and outcome database

Mothers aged 50 years

surveys

N/A

72% of patients survive

Early detection strategy

Screening period updated

Screening debates

Dismisses negative debates on screening

DerSimonian, R., & Laird, N. (1986). Meta-analysis in clinical trials. Controlled clinical trials, 7(3),, 177-188.

1986

America

Analysis of clinical trials

Both males and females attending clinics

Observation, survey

N/A

83% showed improvement in controlled clinical trials

Designed clinical methods

N/A

Not cited

Changing methodologies of meta-analysis in clinical trials.

Jadad, A. R., & McQuay, H. J. (1996). Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: is blinding necessary? Controlled clinical trials, 17(1),, 1-12.

1996

America

To investigate blinding in clinical trials

N/A

Questionnaire

N/A

67% showed null hypothesis report

Testing necessity of blinding

N/A

Not stated

Improved quality of reports in clinical trials

Levin, B. L., & Pickhardt, P. (2008). Screening and surveillance for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps, 2008: a joint guideline from the American Cancer Society, the US Multi‐Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer, and the American College of Radiology. CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 58(3), , 130-160.

2008

Determining screening and surveillance for early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps

America

Women aged 40 years and 50 years

Surveys, FDIs

N/A

74% showed potent results on the need for early surveillance and screening

Investigating the appropriate age for early screening and surveillance

Proved Screening age

Overheated unnecessary debates on screening and surveillance period

Demystifying Screening debate

Pocock, S. J. (1983). The size of a clinical trial. Clinical trials, , 123-141.

1983

Investigating the size of a clinical trial

Canada

Clinical trial reports samples

questionnaires, observation

N/A

59% showed a size class of 4-9 as the appropriate size for clinical trials

Investigating testable size of clinical trials

Unclear decision on class

Not cited

Provides guidelines for clinical trials