Table 2 Study inclusion and exclusion criteria

Population

Children under the age of five years old with or at risk of any of the following forms of malnutrition: severe acute malnutrition (SAM), moderate acute malnutrition (MAM), stunting, micronutrient deficiencies, undernutrition, and being underweight

Children over the age of five years or over 60 months old, and children without or not at risk of SAM, MAM, stunting, undernutrition, or being underweight

Geography

Conflict-affected and/or fragile settings (CAFS)

Non-CAFS

Time period

2006 until October 2022

Before 2006

Setting

Community-based setting, CAFS setting

Non community-based setting, non-CAFS setting

Intervention

Interventions identifying or managing risk or existence of SAM, MAM, stunting, micronutrient deficiencies, undernutrition, or underweight malnutrition in children under the age of five using a CHW model (this includes CHW models that work with community-based health facilities)

Interventions not targeting children with or at risk of SAM, MAM, stunting, micronutrient deficiencies, undernutrition, or being underweight. Interventions not involving the use of a CHW model

Outcome

Clinical outcomes (cure rate, defaulter rate, death rate, recovery rate, relapse rate, anthropometric outcomes (WAZ, HAZ, LAZ, WHZ, MUAC, bilateral pitting nutritional oedema), dietary diversity, minimum adequate diet, treatment coverage, IYCF indicators (including breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and supplementary feeding), behaviour change, knowledge absorption, acceptability, feasibility, quality of care, and cost-effectiveness

Papers that did not report any of the outcomes of interest

Publication language

English

Non-English

Other characteristics

Peer-reviewed

Not peer-reviewed