Community engagement in maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response: a realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community engagement in maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) could support health systems in providing people-centred care and ensure accountability for the prevention of maternal and perinatal deaths. Although community engagement activities in MPDSR have been described, the literature does not adequately explain which community engagement in MPDSR strategies succeed, the contexts in which they work, the outcomes they produce, and for whom.

Methods

We conducted a realist review, which involved the identification and refinement of programme theories. An initial literature search identified four initial programme theories (IPTs) that explain how community engagement works in the different parts of the MPDSR cycle. Six databases (Medline, E

SUBMITTER: Mbuo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12522978 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature