Sex differences in nutritional status of HIV-exposed children in Rwanda: a longitudinal study
Description of the topic: the introduction describes well the topic.
- It shows the problem that the research focuses on which is examining sex inequalities in feeding practices and nutritional status in a cohort of HIV-exposed children over time in Rwanda
- Target population was specified: HIV exposed infants in Rwanda.
- And the scope of the study was well stated.
Summary of existing knowledge:
- This article quotes other studies done which clearly shows an inequity in the nutritional status in different parts of world including In Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa.
Purpose of the study
- The author tried a new method by doing a longitudinal study design in order to do Research on sex differentials in nutritional status among HIV-exposed infant.
- It was a new method comparing to other studies done also exploring HIV transmission and feeding practices in relation to sex difference.
Description of the study
- The method of the study was described in the introduction section however the location and date of the study weren’t mentioned.
Contextual information
- The author precised that this kind of research using longitudinal study designs has been limited although this wasn’t talked about in a bit more details to understand the limitation.
Potential impact
- The impact of this study was clear because the article aims to address the nutritional sex inequities among HIV exposed children in Rwanda.
Description of the topic:
The introduction gives a detailed description of the topic of the study on the role of CHWs and the aim of the study “was to assess the capacity of CHWs and the factors affecting the efficiency and effectiveness of the CHW programme, as perceived by the CHWs and their beneficiaries”. The scope of the study was also clearly stated.
Summary of existing knowledge:
The author referenced to an article that showed that Rwanda was one of the only countries in the sub-Saharan region on track to achieve the health-related millennium development golas by 2015.
Purpose of the study
The author stated that the purpose of this study was to challenge an existing system by highlighting the challenges of the CHW systems and areas that need improvements.
Description of the study
- The method used was the cross-sectional descriptive study
- The sample size and sampling area were stated.
- However no citations of the author's other previous works or pilot studies were stated.
The contextual information was not stated
Potential impact
On the impact of this study is that it seeks to identify factors and challenges that impact the CHW system and can inform the system in order to make improvements.