163376 A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Community-Based Primary Health Care in Improving Child Health: Main Findings

Monday, November 5, 2007: 12:50 PM

Henry Perry, MD, PhD, MPH , Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
The purpose of the review and the methodology is contained in Dr. Paul Freeman's presentation. The systematic review of the effectiveness of CBPHC in improving child health includes approximately 200 articles, 160 or so from the peer-reviewed scientific literature, 10 books, and 30 unpublished evaluations of CBPHC projects. For each document which was reviewed, information was extracted about the details of the intervention, the type of collaboration with the community (if any), and the results obtained. The data was analyzed with EPI INFO. At the time of the submission of this abstract, we are still in the midst of the review process, so it is premature to announce any findings. We expect to have the review finished in early March 2007 and a report sent to the Expert Review Panel in the third week of March. Again, it is not possible to state the recommendations arising from this since the Expert Review Panel has not received the report of the review nor has the Panel had a chance to meet. These activities will take place in April 2007.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the session, participants will be able to describe the main findings of a systematic review of the effectiveness of community-based approaches in improving child health.

Keywords: Children and Adolescents, International Public Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.