Community Education and Engagement in Family Planning: Updated Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Community education and engagement are important for informing family planning projects. The objective of this study was to update two prior systematic reviews assessing the impact of community education and engagement interventions on family planning outcomes.

Evidence acquisition

Sixteen electronic databases were searched for studies relevant to a priori determined inclusion/exclusion criteria in high development settings, published from March 2011 through April 2016, updating two reviews that included studies from 1985 through February 2011.

Evidence synthesis

Nine relevant studies were included in this updated review related to community education, in addition to 17 from the prior review. No new community engagement studies met inclusion criteria, as occur

SUBMITTER: Sharma AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753778 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature