Strengthening quality in sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn health systems in low- and middle-income countries through midwives and facility mentoring: an integrative review

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作者
Anderson, Rondi [1 ]
Bin Zaman, Sojib [2 ]
Jimmy, Abdun Naqib [3 ]
Read, Jonathan M. [4 ]
Limmer, Mark [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Lancaster, Fac Hlth & Med, Lancaster, England
[2] James Madison Univ, Dept Hlth Sci, Harrisonburg, VA USA
[3] Jahangirnagar Univ, Environm Sci Dept, Dhaka, Bangladesh
[4] Univ Lancaster, Lancaster Med Sch, Lancaster, England
关键词
Midwives; Mentoring; Maternity care; Quality; Health systems strengthening; PROFESSIONAL MIDWIVES; CARE; MIDWIFERY; BANGLADESH; HOSPITALS; SERVICES; PROGRAM; BIRTH; AVAILABILITY; PERFORMANCE;
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10.1186/s12884-023-06027-0
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R71 [妇产科学];
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100211 ;
摘要
BackgroundThere is an urgent global call for health systems to strengthen access to quality sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health, particularly for the most vulnerable. Professional midwives with enabling environments are identified as an important solution. However, a multitude of barriers prevent midwives from fully realizing their potential. Effective interventions to address known barriers and enable midwives and quality sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health are less well known. This review intends to evaluate the literature on (1) introducing midwives in low- and middle-income countries, and (2) on mentoring as a facilitator to enable midwives and those in midwifery roles to improve sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health service quality within health systems.MethodsAn integrative systematic literature review was conducted, guided by the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome framework. Articles were reviewed for quality and relevance using the Gough weight-of-evidence framework and themes were identified. A master table categorized articles by Gough score, methodology, country of focus, topic areas, themes, classification of midwives, and mentorship model. The World Health Organization health systems building block framework was applied for data extraction and analysis.ResultsFifty-three articles were included: 13 were rated as high, 36 as medium, and four as low according to the Gough criteria. Studies that focused on midwives primarily highlighted human resources, governance, and service delivery while those focused on mentoring were more likely to highlight quality services, lifesaving commodities, and health information systems. Midwives whose pre-service education met global standards were found to have more efficacy. The most effective mentoring packages were comprehensive, integrated into existing systems, and involved managers.ConclusionsEffectively changing sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health systems is complex. Globally standard midwives and a comprehensive mentoring package show effectiveness in improving service quality and utilization.Trial registrationThe protocol is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42022367657).
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