Narrative synthesis systematic review of Pakistani women's health outcomes from primary care interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Women living in Pakistan have complex health problems including infectious and non-communicable diseases, accident and injuries, and mental health problems. While a majority of these women rely on primary healthcare services for all of their healthcare needs, there has to date been no overview of the extent of their effectiveness. The objective of this review was to (1) synthesise the available evidence regarding the effectiveness of primary care based interventions aimed at improving women's mental and physical health and (2) identify the factors that promote effectiveness for women's health outcomes.

Methods

Five academic databases were searched, including PubMed, BMC Medicine, Medline, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library. A search was also made of the grey literatur

SUBMITTER: Rizvi Jafree S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9345069 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature