Scoping review to identify and map the health personnel considered skilled birth attendants in low-and-middle income countries from 2000-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The "percentage of births attended by a skilled birth attendant" (SBA) is an indicator that has been adopted by several global monitoring frameworks, including the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda for regular monitoring as part of target 3.1 for reducing maternal mortality by 2030. However, accurate and consistent measurement is challenged by contextual differences between and within countries on the definition of SBA, including the education, training, competencies, and functions they are qualified to perform. This scoping review identifies and maps the health personnel considered SBA in low-to-middle-income-countries (LMIC).

Methods and analysis

A search was conducted inclusive to the years 2000 to 2015 in PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL Complete, Coch

SUBMITTER: Hobbs AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6358074 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature