Health engagement: a systematic review of tools modifiable for use with vulnerable pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine available health engagement tools suitable to, or modifiable for, vulnerable pregnant populations.

Design

Systematic review.

Eligibility criteria

Original studies of tool development and validation related to health engagement, with abstract available in English, published between 2000 and 2022, sampling people receiving outpatient healthcare including pregnant women.

Data sources

CINAHL Complete, Medline, EMBASE and PubMed were searched in April 2022.

Risk of bias

Study quality was independently assessed by two reviewers using an adapted COSMIN risk of bias quality appraisal checklist. Tools were also mapped against the Synergistic Health Engagement model, which centres on women's buy-in to maternity care.

Included studies

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SUBMITTER: Allen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008331 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature