Systematic review of community participation interventions to improve maternal health outcomes in rural South Asia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This is a systematic review on the effectiveness of community interventions in improving maternal health care outcomes in South Asia.

Methods

We searched electronic databases to June 2017. Randomised or cluster randomised studies in communities within rural/remote areas of Nepal, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan were included. Data were analysed as risk ratios (RR) or odds ratios (OR), and effects were adjusted for clustering. Meta-analyses were performed using random-effects and evidence quality was assessed.

Results

Eleven randomised trials were included from 5440 citations. Meta-analysis of all community interventions combined compared with control showed a small improvement in the number of women attending at least one antenatal care visit (RR 1.19, 95% C

SUBMITTER: Sharma BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6086057 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature