Strengthening midwifery in the South-East Asian region: A scoping review of midwifery-related research.

ABSTRACT: Improving sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and adolescent health outcomes necessitates greater commitment to, and investments in, midwifery. To identify future research priorities to advance and strengthen midwifery, we conducted a scoping review to synthesise and report areas of midwifery that have been explored in the previous 10 years in the 11 countries of the World Health Organization's South-East Asia region. Electronic peer-reviewed databases were searched for primary peer-reviewed research published in any language, published between January 2012 and December 2022 inclusive. A total of 7086 citations were screened against the review inclusion criteria. After screening and full text review, 195 sources were included. There were 94 quantitative (48.2%), 67 qualitative (34.4%)

SUBMITTER: Griffin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10723687 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature