Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42038889›Full record

ArticleGalen medical journal2025

A Comprehensive Systematic Scoping Review of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Systems in Saudi Arabia in the Context of Vision 2030 : Review of Public Health System and Preventive Medicines in Saudi Arabia.

Ghanim Hamid Al-Khattabi, Akshay Kiran

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Galen medical journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ghanim Hamid Al-KhattabiPreventive Medicine and Public Health Department, Makkah Healthcare Cluster, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.
Akshay KiranDepartment of Scientific Clinical Research, National Institute of Medical Science, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, West Godavari District, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 seeks to improve public health and healthcare but struggles to include preventative medicine. Sustainable development, innovation, and preventative care are prioritized to build a society with enough healthcare assistance. The purpose is to improve people's health. This study examined how recent improvements in the Saudi Arabian public health system have affected preventative medicine, health justice, and public health. Materials and Methods: This scoping review examined Saudi Arabia's public health system and preventive medicine, following Arksey and O'Malley. Vision 2030 reforms are prioritized, and systematic searches, research selection, and theme analysis improve health equity and population health. All is done according to PRISMA-ScR. Inclusion criteria included studies addressing public health system reforms in Saudi Arabia, focusing on preventive medicine initiatives, assessment of health outcomes, original research, and published between January 2017 and January 2023. Results: The review focused on the healthcare delivery model, preventative services, public health policies, and interventions. Saudi Arabia's public health strategies focus on improving healthcare delivery through telehealth, combining preventive services like health education and access to preventive care, controlling infectious diseases and involving the community, educating the public, and getting the government involved to improve results. Conclusion: Overall, Saudi Arabia has improved health intervention outcomes, public health policies, healthcare delivery techniques, and preventative programs. Policymakers, healthcare workers, and researchers can use these findings to improve public health. It ends by identifying research topics and areas for further study to support the Kingdom's Vision 2030 aims.

Indexed as

Health OutcomesHealth SystemsPreventive MedicinePublic HealthReview Literature as a TopicSaudi ArabiaScoping ReviewSystematic ReviewVision 2030

Identifiers

PMID42038889
PMCPMC12169114

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.