Mothers' utilization and associated factors of preconception care in Africa, a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the studies show, in every minute in the world, 380 women become pregnant and 190 face unplanned or unwanted pregnancies; 110 experience pregnancy-related complications, and one woman dies from a pregnancy-related cause. Preconception care is one of the proven strategies for the reduction in mortality and decreases the risk of adverse health effects for the woman, fetus, and neonate by optimizing maternal health services and improves woman's health. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of utilization of preconception of care and associated factors in Africa.

Methods

Systematic search of published studies done on PubMed, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane, Scopus, Web of Science CINAHL, and manually on Google Scholar. This meta-analysis follows t

SUBMITTER: Tekalign T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8301666 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature