Health outcomes of maternal smoking during pregnancy and postpartum period for the mother and infant: protocol for an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Internationally, tobacco smoking is a leading cause of mortality, morbidity and health inequality. In England, despite increasing awareness about importance of public health interventions to reduce smoking, about 10% of pregnant women are known to be smokers at the time of delivery. There are many systematic reviews investigating the impact of maternal smoking during pregnancy on particular health conditions. Hence, this overview of systematic reviews, which aims to include all health conditions for mother and infant caused by smoking during pregnancy, is timely. METHODS:CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, CRD Database (includes DARE, NHSEED and HTA) and HMIC databases will be searched for systematic reviews investigating the effects of smoking during pregnancy. O

SUBMITTER: Saygın Avsar T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6299640 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature