Impact of Reminder Systems in Clinical Settings to Improve Family Planning Outcomes: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

This systematic review evaluated the evidence on the impact of family planning reminder systems-interventions intended to remind patients of behaviors to achieve reproductive health goals (e.g., daily text messages reminding oral contraceptive [OC] users to take a pill)-to provide information to guide national recommendations on quality family planning services.

Evidence acquisition

Multiple databases including PubMed were searched during 2010-2011 for peer-reviewed articles published in English from January 1985 through February 2011 describing studies evaluating reminder systems to improve family planning outcomes. Studies were excluded if they focused primarily on HIV or sexually transmitted infection prevention, focused solely on men, or were conducted outside th

SUBMITTER: Zapata LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4523063 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature