Factors influencing the performance of community health volunteers working within urban informal settlements in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative meta-synthesis review

Table 6 General characteristics of studies included in the review

Category	Sub-category	No.	Study references
Year of publication	1993	1	[39]
	2009	1	[9]
	2011	1	[45]
	2012	2	[36, 41]
	2015	1	[42]
	2016	2	[35, 43]
	2017	1	[34]
	2018	2	[40, 44]
	2019	1	[37]
	2020	1	[38]
Publication type	Qualitative	7	[34,35,36, 39, 42, 43, 45]
Publication type	Mixed method	6	[9, 37, 38, 40, 41, 44]
Countries of origin	Kenya	5	[35, 37, 40, 43, 44]
	South Africa	2	[42, 45]
	Bangladesh	4	[9, 38, 39, 41]
	India	1	[34]
	Brazil	1	[36]
Health issues addressed	Maternal, neonatal and child health	6	[9, 34, 38,39,40,41]
	HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and nutrition	1	[42]
	Schistosomiasis	1	[43]
	Hygiene-related behaviour change	1	[44]
	Not specified	4	[35,36,37, 45]

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