Table 1 PICOS
Criteria | Included | Excluded |
|---|---|---|
Participants | People of any age and gender residing in low- and middle-income countries | High-income countries |
Intervention(s) | Interventions aimed at increasing women’s empowerment and giving women the capabilities to make decisions on the purchase and consumption of a healthy diet | All else |
Comparison | Business as usual, including pipeline and waitlist controls | No comparator |
An alternate intervention | ||
Outcome(s) | Food security | All else |
Food affordability and availability | ||
Diet quality and adequacy | ||
Anthropometrics | ||
Iron, zinc, vitamin A, and iodine status | ||
Measures of well-being | ||
Study designs | Experimental, quasi-experimental, systematic reviews and cost evidence | Efficacy trials Before-after with no control group Cross-sectional studies, etc. |