Investigating the implementation of infection prevention and control practices in neonatal care across country income levels: a systematic review

Table 4 Absolute and normalized relative frequencies of implementation strategies

	All	HIC	LMIC
Adapt and tailor to context	41 [0.04]	19 [0.03]	22 [0.05]
Change infrastructure	111 [0.10]	71 [0.11]	37 [0.09]
Develop relationships	160 [0.15]	108 [0.17]	50 [0.12]
Engage involved individuals or groups	32 [0.03]	21 [0.03]	11 [0.03]
Provide interactive assistance	41 [0.04]	20 [0.03]	19 [0.05]
Support clinicians or other involved groups	65 [0.06]	35 [0.06]	27 [0.07]
Train and educate	307 [0.29]	181 [0.28]	121 [0.30]
Use evaluative and interactive strategies	285 [0.27]	165 [0.26]	111 [0.27]
Utilize incentivizing/financial strategies	24 [0.02]	16 [0.03]	8 [0.02]
	1’066	636	406

Clusters of ERIC Implementation strategies based on Waltz et al. [39]. Values depict absolute frequencies and normalized relative frequencies in parentheses. Discrepancies between “All” and frequency of studies categorized by country-income level due to two studies not reporting the country

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