Measuring women's empowerment during the perinatal period in high income countries: A scoping review of instruments used.

ABSTRACT: Empowerment is acknowledged as a process facilitating those who are less powerful to be engaged in their problem identification, decision making and actions to gain control over their life. This is an important goal for women during the perinatal period in their transition to motherhood. A concept analysis of women's empowerment during the perinatal period found that psychological and social dimensions play a role in women's perinatal empowerment and identified several defining attributes. The aim of this study was to identify robust validated instruments that measure all the attributes of women's empowerment during the perinatal period. We did a scoping review of scientific literature following the methodology of the JBI Reviewer's Manual. We searched the database MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINF

SUBMITTER: Leahy-Warren P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10102201 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature