Interventions that improve maternity care for immigrant women in the UK: protocol for a narrative synthesis systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A quarter of all births in the UK are to mothers born outside the UK. There is also evidence that immigrant women have higher maternal and infant death rates and of inequalities in the provision and uptake of maternity services/birth centres. The topic is of great significance to the National Health Service because of directives that address inequalities and the changing patterns of migration to the UK. Our main question for the systematic review is 'what interventions exist that are specifically focused on improving maternity care for immigrant women in the UK?' The primary objective of this synthesis is to generate new interpretations of research evidence. Second, the synthesis will provide substantive base to guide developments and implementation of maternity servic

SUBMITTER: Higginbottom GMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5726105 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature