Sabo, S., Wightman, P., McCue, K., Butler, M., Pilling, V., Jimenez, D. J., Celaya, M., & Rumann, S. (2021). Addressing maternal and child health equity through a community health worker home visiting intervention to reduce low birth weight: Retrospective quasi-experimental study of the Arizona Health Start programme. BMJ Open, 11(6). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045014
Model(s): Arizona Health Start Program
Study design characteristics contributing to rating
Design | Attrition | Baseline equivalence | Confounding factors? | Valid, reliable measures? |
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Non-experimental comparison group design | Not applicable |
Not established on race/ethnicity and SES in the analyzed sample; outcome(s) not feasible to assess at baseline |
No |
Measure validity and reliability is not assessed for findings that receive a low evidence rating; all findings in this manuscript rate low |