Adolescent undernutrition in South Asia: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim of the protocol is to present the methodology of a scoping review that aims to synthesise up-to-date evidence on adolescent undernutrition in South Asia.

Methods and analysis

The proposed scoping review will be guided by Arksey and O'Malley's framework and the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers' Manual. The scoping review question, eligibility criteria and search strategy will be based on the Population, Concept and Context strategy. We will conduct the search in electronic bibliographic databases (Medline (OVID), Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycInfo, Scopus) as well as various grey literature sources in order to synthesise and present the findings with descriptive statistics and a narrative description of both quantitative and quali

SUBMITTER: Estecha Querol S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044844 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature