Towards a better understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care: A systematic scoping review.
Globally, millions of women and their children suffer due to preventable morbidity and mortality, associated with both underuse and overuse of maternal and newborn care. An effective system of risk selection that differentiates between what care should be provided and who should provide it is a glob...
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| author | Bahareh Goodarzi Annika Walker Lianne Holten Linda Schoonmade Pim Teunissen François Schellevis Ank de Jonge |
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| description | Globally, millions of women and their children suffer due to preventable morbidity and mortality, associated with both underuse and overuse of maternal and newborn care. An effective system of risk selection that differentiates between what care should be provided and who should provide it is a global necessity to ensure women and children receive appropriate care, at the right place and the right time. Poor conceptualization of risk selection impedes evaluation and comparison of models of risk selection across various settings, which is necessary to improve maternal and newborn care. We conducted a scoping review to enhance the understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care. We included 210 papers, published over the past four decades, originating from 24 countries. Using inductive thematic analysis, we identified three main dimensions of risk selection: (1) risk selection as an organisational measure to optimally align women's and children's needs and resources, (2) risk selection as a practice to detect and assess risk and to make decisions about the delivery of care, and (3) risk selection as a tool to ensure safe care. We found that these three dimensions have three themes in common: risk selection (1) is viewed as both requiring and providing regulation, (2) has a provider centred focus and (3) aims to avoid underuse of care. Due to the methodological challenges of contextual diversity, the concept of risk selection needs clear indicators that capture the complexity of care to make cross-setting evaluation and comparison of risk selection possible. Moreover, a comprehensive understanding of risk selection needs to consider access disparity, women's needs, and unnecessary medicalization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49edb57a83374a6fa3096e1787d8c59a2022-12-21T18:39:03ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01156e023425210.1371/journal.pone.0234252Towards a better understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care: A systematic scoping review.Bahareh GoodarziAnnika WalkerLianne HoltenLinda SchoonmadePim TeunissenFrançois SchellevisAnk de JongeGlobally, millions of women and their children suffer due to preventable morbidity and mortality, associated with both underuse and overuse of maternal and newborn care. An effective system of risk selection that differentiates between what care should be provided and who should provide it is a global necessity to ensure women and children receive appropriate care, at the right place and the right time. Poor conceptualization of risk selection impedes evaluation and comparison of models of risk selection across various settings, which is necessary to improve maternal and newborn care. We conducted a scoping review to enhance the understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care. We included 210 papers, published over the past four decades, originating from 24 countries. Using inductive thematic analysis, we identified three main dimensions of risk selection: (1) risk selection as an organisational measure to optimally align women's and children's needs and resources, (2) risk selection as a practice to detect and assess risk and to make decisions about the delivery of care, and (3) risk selection as a tool to ensure safe care. We found that these three dimensions have three themes in common: risk selection (1) is viewed as both requiring and providing regulation, (2) has a provider centred focus and (3) aims to avoid underuse of care. Due to the methodological challenges of contextual diversity, the concept of risk selection needs clear indicators that capture the complexity of care to make cross-setting evaluation and comparison of risk selection possible. Moreover, a comprehensive understanding of risk selection needs to consider access disparity, women's needs, and unnecessary medicalization.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234252 |
| spellingShingle | Bahareh Goodarzi Annika Walker Lianne Holten Linda Schoonmade Pim Teunissen François Schellevis Ank de Jonge Towards a better understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care: A systematic scoping review. PLoS ONE |
| title | Towards a better understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care: A systematic scoping review. |
| title_full | Towards a better understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care: A systematic scoping review. |
| title_fullStr | Towards a better understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care: A systematic scoping review. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a better understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care: A systematic scoping review. |
| title_short | Towards a better understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care: A systematic scoping review. |
| title_sort | towards a better understanding of risk selection in maternal and newborn care a systematic scoping review |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234252 |
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