ReviewBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology2016
Antenatal care for healthy pregnant women: a mapping of interventions from existing guidelines to inform the development of new WHO guidance on antenatal care.
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- Delay in timing of first antenatal care utilisation among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel mixed effect analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Barriers and enablers to addressing smoking, nutrition, alcohol consumption, physical activity and gestational weight gain (SNAP-W) as part of antenatal care: A mixed methods systematic review.Implementation science communications · 2024Review
- Multilevel modelling of factors associated with eight or more antenatal care contacts in low and middle-income countries: findings from national representative data.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Pelvic organ prolapse: Women's experiences of Accessing Care & Recommendations for improvement.BMC women's health · 2023Article
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- Utilisation of supplementary prenatal screening and diagnostics in Germany: cross-sectional study using data from the KUNO Kids Health Study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Tocolytic Treatment for the Prevention of Preterm Birth from a Taiwanese Perspective: A Survey of Taiwanese Obstetric Specialists.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Change in healthcare during Covid-19 pandemic was assessed through observational designs.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2022Observational
- Adequacy of prenatal care services and associated factors in Southern Ethiopia.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2021Article
- Suboptimal prenatal screening ofCanada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2021Article
- Mothers and their children's health (MATCH): a study protocol for a population-based longitudinal cohort.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Evaluation of a pilot program that integrated prenatal screening into routine antenatal care in western rural China: an interrupted time-series study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2021Article
- Association between Adherence with Recommended Antenatal Care in Low-Risk, Uncomplicated Pregnancy, and Maternal and Neonatal Adverse Outcomes: Evidence from Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) is in the process of updating antenatal care (ANC) guidelines.
objectivesTo map the existing clinical practice guidelines related to routine ANC for healthy women and to summarise all practices considered during routine ANC. SEARCH STRATEGY: A systematic search in four databases for all clinical practice guidelines published after January 2000. SELECTION CRITERIA: Two researchers independently assessed the list of potentially eligible publications. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Information on scope of the guideline, type of practice, associated gestational age, recommendation type and the source of evidence were mapped. MAIN
resultsOf 1866 references, we identified 85 guidelines focusing on the ANC period: 15 pertaining to routine ANC and 70 pertaining to specific situations. A total of 135 interventions from routine ANC guidelines were extracted, and categorised as clinical interventions (n = 80), screening/diagnostic procedures (n = 47) and health systems related (n = 8). Screening interventions, (syphilis, anaemia) were the most common practices. Within the 70 specific situation guidelines, 102 recommendations were identified. Overall, for 33 (out of 171) interventions there were conflicting recommendations provided by the different guidelines.
conclusionMapping the current guidelines including practices related to routine ANC informed the scoping phase for the WHO guideline for ANC. Our analysis indicates that guideline development processes may lead to different recommendations, due to context, evidence base or assessment of evidence. It would be useful for guideline developers to map and refer to other similar guidelines and, where relevant, explore the discrepancies in recommendations and others. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT: We identified existing ANC guidelines and mapped scope, practices, recommendations and source of evidence.
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