Identification and measurement of health-related spillovers in impact evaluations

3ie Systematic review summary 3

Jade Benjamin-Chung, Diana Tran, Jaynal Abedin, Benjamin F Arnold, David Berger, Alan Hubbard, Ashley Clark, Stephen P. Luby, Lauren Falcao, Edward Miguel, Veronica Jimenez, John M. Colford and Eugene Konagaya

This systematic review summary by Benjamin-Chung and colleagues tries to identify mechanisms that trigger spillover through geographic or social proximity, learning or imitation, norm-shaping, income and substitute effects, general equilibrium effects and relative deprivation. The review finds clear evidence of the benefits of vaccination spilling over to non-recipients. For other interventions around mass drug administration, health education, cash transfers, insecticide-treated bednets, and water and sanitation, there is very limited evidence available to allow for generalisability of findings.

Economic self-help group programmes for improving women’s empowerment

Systematic review summary 3ie 2019

This report summarises a systematic review by Brody and colleagues on the impacts of women’s economic self-help groups on their political, economic, social and psychological empowerment.

Promoting handwashing and sanitation behaviour change in low-and middle-income countries

Systematic review summary 3ie 2017

This report summarises a systematic review that examines which promotional approaches are effective in changing handwashing and sanitation behaviour and which implementation factors affect the success or failure of such interventions.

What factors affect sustained adoption of safe water, hygiene and sanitation technologies?

Systematic review summary 3ie 2015

Safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) behaviours, such as treating drinking water, washing hands at key times or using a latrine rather than defecating in open spaces, are cornerstones of building strong, healthy communities and reducing mortality due to diarrhoea and other preventable diseases. Many studies have shown the health benefits of WASH, and factors that affect initial adoption of short-term WASH use. Few have assessed the determinants of long-term, sustained WASH practice.

Community-based rehabilitation for people with disabilities

Systematic review summary 3ie 2016

This report by Lemmi and colleagues is based on a systematic review that looked at the impact of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) on health, education, livelihoods, social inclusion and empowerment.

Supplementary feeding for improving the health of disadvantaged infants and children: what works and why?