Community level youth-led interventions to improve maternal-neonatal outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of randomised trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence on the effectiveness of youth-led interventions for improving maternal-neonatal health and well-being of women and gender diverse childbearing people in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is incomplete. We aimed to summarise the evidence on whether community level youth-led interventions can improve maternal and neonatal outcomes in LMICs.

Methods

We included experimental studies of youth-led interventions versus no intervention, standard care, or another intervention. Participants were women and gender diverse childbearing people during antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods. MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Global Health, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library, and grey literature were searched to January 2023. All interventions addressing an

SUBMITTER: MacDonald T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10750450 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature