Interventions addressing maternal and child health among the urban poor and homeless: an overview of systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inequalities in access to and utilization of maternal and child health (MCH) care are hampering progress on the path to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. In a number of Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) population subgroups at disproportionate risk of being left behind are the urban poor. Within this neglected group is the further neglected group of the homeless. Concomitantly, a number of interventions from the antenatal period onward have been piloted, tested, and scaled in these contexts. We carried out an overview of systematic reviews (SRs) to characterize the evidence around maternal and child health interventions relevant to urban poor homeless populations in LMICs.

Methods

We searched Medline, Cochrane Library, Health Systems Evidence and

SUBMITTER: Nambiar D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015840 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature