ArticleSystematic reviews2018
Emergency transportation interventions for reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol.
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- Access to care solutions in healthcare for obstetric care in Africa: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Emergency Transportation Interventions for Reducing Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Annals of global health · 2020Pooled it
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- Improving complex health systems and lived environments for maternal and perinatal well-being in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the UrbanBirth Collective.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Assessing the Link between Maternal Transport Modes and Childhood Mortality in Nigeria.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
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- Utilization of Ambulance Services and Associated Factors during Pregnancy and Labor Among Lactating Mothers in Buno Bedele Zone, Southwest Ethiopia.Health services insights · 2023Article
- Community-based transport system in Shinyanga, Tanzania: A local innovation averting delays to access health care for maternal emergencies.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of women's satisfaction with skilled delivery care and the associated factors in Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2022Article
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- Implementation of a Community Transport Strategy to Reduce Delays in Seeking Obstetric Care in Rural Mozambique.Global health, science and practice · 2021Article
- Emergency transport for obstetric emergencies: integrating community-level demand creation activities for improved access to maternal, newborn, and child health services in northern Nigeria.International journal of women's health · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundTransportation interventions seek to decrease delay in reaching a health facility for emergency obstetric care and are, thus, believed to contribute to reductions in such adverse pregnancy and childbirth outcomes as maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal mortality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, there is limited empirical evidence to support this hypothesis. The objective of the proposed review is to summarize and critically appraise evidence regarding the effect of emergency transportation interventions on outcomes of labor and delivery in LMICs.
methodsThe following databases will be searched from inception to March 31, 2018: MEDLINE/PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, EBSCO (PsycINFO and CINAHL), the Cochrane Pregnancy and Child Birth Group's Specialized Register, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. We will search for studies in the grey literature through Google and Google Scholar. We will solicit unpublished reports from such relevant agencies as United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DfID) among others. Data generated from the search will be managed using Endnote Version 7. We will perform quantitative data synthesis if studies are homogenous in characteristics and provide adequate outcome data for meta-analysis. Otherwise, data will be synthesized, using the narrative synthesis approach. DISCUSSION: Among the many barriers that women in LMICs face in accessing life-saving interventions during labor and delivery, lack of access to emergency transportation is particularly important. This review will provide a critical summary of evidence regarding the impact of transportation interventions on outcomes of pregnancy and childbirth in LMICs. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42017080092.
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