Journal Articles and Blogs

2023

• What is the 'secret' sauce of successful Care Group implementation: realist synthesis findings on creating an enabling environment for behaviour change adaptation (2023) (Awaiting peer review)

• Evaluating the role that Care Groups play in providing breastfeeding and infant feeding support at community level: a qualitative study in Dedza district in Malawi (2023) (Awaiting peer review)

• 4 Things We’ve Learned Working with Care Groups (2023) Blog

• Effects of a Nurturing Care Group behavior change program on child protection outcomes in Ghana: A controlled before and after trial (2023)

• Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas: 7. The empowering effect of Care Groups (2023)

2022

• Comparison of Indicator Gap Closure in USAID CSHGP-funded Care Group and Non-Care Group Approach Projects (1997-2011) (2022)

2021

• A qualitative investigation of adolescent participation in Care Groups for improved maternal and child nutrition: experiences from rural Zimbabwe (2021)

• Can Care Groups influence health seeking behaviours? Results of an impact evaluation in north-eastern Nigeria (2021)

• Mother-To-Mother: Evaluation of The Sustainability of A Peer Model to Communicate Nutrition Messages in Mozambique (2021)

2020

• Implementing Care Groups for improved maternal and child nutrition: Critical factors for success from the Amalima program in rural Zimbabwe (2020) 

• Is participation in Care Groups associated with enhanced diet quality amongst women and children? Experiences from Zimbabwe (2020)

• A Cluster-randomized trial to test sharing histories as a training method for community health workers in Peru (2020)

2019

• Adapting Care Groups to Urban Slums: A Case Study of a Church-Based Effort to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya (2019)

2018

• Training Care Groups on sexual and gender-based violence in rural Niger. Blog

2017

• Comprehensive review of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of community-based primary health care in improving maternal, neonatal and child health: 2. maternal health findings (2017)

• Comprehensive review of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of community-baed primary health care in improving maternal, neonatal and child health: 4. child health findings (2017)

• Comprehensive review of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of community-based primary health care in improving maternal, neonatal and child health: 6. strategies used by effective programs (2017)

• Accelerating progress in achieving the millennium development goal for children through community-based approaches (2017)

• Examining the evidence of under-five mortality reduction in a community-based programme in Gaza, Mozambique (2017)

• Applying the Care Group model to tuberculosis control: findings from a community-based project in Mozambique (2017)

• Effective delivery of social and behavior change communication through a Care Group model in a supplementary feeding program (2017)

2015

• Shifting management of a community volunteer system for improved child health outcomes: results from an operations research study in Burundi (2015)

• Care Groups I: An Innovative Community-Based Strategy for Improving Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health in Resource-Constrained Settings (2015)

• Care Groups II: A Summary of the Child Survival Outcomes Achieved Using Volunteer Community Health Workers in Resource-Constrained Settings (2015)

• Evaluation of the effectiveness of care groups in expanding population coverage of Key child survival interventions and reducing under-5 mortality: a comparative analysis using the lives saved tool (LiST) (2015)

2014

• Community-based intervention packages facilitated by NGOs demonstrate plausible evidence for child mortality impact (2014)

2013 

• Reducing child global undernutrition at scale in Sofala Province, Mozambique, using Care Group Volunteers to communicate health messages to mothers (2013)

2009

• Accelerating progress in achieving the millennium development goal for children through community-based approaches (2009)