A review of measures of women's empowerment and related gender constructs in family planning and maternal health program evaluations in low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence suggests that gender-integrated interventions, which actively seek to identify and integrate activities that address the role of gender norms and dynamics, improve family planning (FP) and maternal health (MH). To understand the link between the gender components of interventions and FP and MH outcomes, it is critical to examine the gender measures used in evaluations.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of evaluations of gender-integrated FP and MH interventions in low- and middle-income countries. We examine characteristics of the interventions and their evaluations, and summarize women's empowerment and related gender measures.

Results

Out of 16 evaluation articles, five reported the theoretical or conceptual model that guided the intervent

SUBMITTER: Mandal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5688455 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature