Systematic review of reviews on interventions to engage men and boys as clients, partners and agents of change for improved sexual and reproductive health and rights.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Evidence regarding interventions to engage men and boys to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) has grown rapidly across subtopics such as HIV, family planning and gender-based violence (GBV). We conducted a review of the effectiveness of interventions to engage men and boys across SRHR domains, lessons learnt about successful programming, and about harms/unintended consequences, in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).

Design

Systematic review of reviews following Cochrane guidelines.

Data sources

PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science and Cochrane were searched (18 October-9 November 2022; 9 September 2024).

Eligibility criteria

Eligible reviews were published since 2015, covered WHO-

SUBMITTER: Gottert A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751930 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature