Implementation strategies for the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) has been implemented in diverse settings to improve the quality and safety of intrapartum care, but implementation strategies and their relationship with adoption and fidelity remain heterogeneous and incompletely described.

Objectives

To describe the landscape of SCC implementation, map the implementation strategies used and explore how these strategies were reported in relation to adoption and fidelity.

Eligibility criteria

We included primary studies reporting SCC implementation in healthcare settings that described at least one implementation strategy, with no restrictions on country or language. Studies that did not report implementation strategies or did not involve SCC use in real-world care settings were exclu

SUBMITTER: Gama ZADS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12750768 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature