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The problem
Intervention: Community-based education and awareness programs to improve health literacy among caregivers, with particular focus on completing full immunization schedules and targeting community health volunteers and caregivers with low education
Who it was tested with: Caregivers and guardians of children aged 0-60 months in nomadic pastoralist households (manyattas) in Balambala Sub County, Garissa County, Kenya.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"health education initiatives should target caregivers with no or low levels of formal education and involve community health volunteers for effective dissemination of information." The study recommends an intervention approach based on identified associations rather than testing its effectiveness; this is guidance derived from observational data, not an evaluation of an implemented intervention.
This is an observational cross-sectional study with no control group or intervention evaluation. The study identifies associations between caregiver characteristics and immunization but does not test whether the recommended education interventions actually improve immunization rates. No baseline or follow-up data provided.
Across countries and designs
2 studies · 1 country
