Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the key barriers and facilitators to the delivery and uptake of primary healthcare services to women in Pakistan
Objectives The objective of this review is to (1) identify barriers and facilitators with respect to women’s health services at a primary care level based on a systematic review and narrative synthesis and (2) to conclude with recommendations for better services and uptake.Design Systematic review a...
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| description | Objectives The objective of this review is to (1) identify barriers and facilitators with respect to women’s health services at a primary care level based on a systematic review and narrative synthesis and (2) to conclude with recommendations for better services and uptake.Design Systematic review and narrative synthesis.Data sources PubMed, BMC Medicine, Medline, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library. Grey literature was also searched.Eligibility criteria Qualitative, quantitative and mixed studies were included in the review.Data extraction and synthesis The search took place at the beginning of June 2021 and was completed at the end of August 2021. Studies were included in the review based on the Sample, Phenomenon of Interest, Design, Evaluation, Research type criteria. The quality of the included studies was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Data were synthesised using a narrative synthesis approach.Results A total of 33 studies were included in the review. We identified six barriers to the delivery of effective primary healthcare for women’s health which have been organised under two core themes of ‘service barriers’ and ‘family/cultural barriers’. Ten barriers to the uptake of primary healthcare for women have been identified, under three core themes of ‘perceptions about healthcare service’, ‘cultural factors’ and ‘practical issues’. Three facilitators of primary healthcare delivery for women were identified: ‘motivating community health workers (CHWs) with continued training, salary, and supervision’ and ‘selection of CHWs on the basis of certain characteristics’. Five facilitators of the uptake of primary healthcare services for women were identified, under two core themes of ‘development of trust and acceptance’ and ‘use of technology’.Conclusions Change is needed not only to address the limitations of the primary healthcare services themselves, but also the cultural practices and limited awareness and literacy that prevent the uptake of healthcare services by women, in addition to the wider infrastructure in terms of the provision of financial support, public transport and child care centres.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020203472. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fcc219ac19bf4b5e8a64d5217378d6832023-11-02T05:30:08ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552023-10-01131010.1136/bmjopen-2023-076883Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the key barriers and facilitators to the delivery and uptake of primary healthcare services to women in PakistanJane Barlow0Sara Rizvi Jafree1Department of Social Policy, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKDepartment of Sociology, Forman Christian College, Lahore, PakistanObjectives The objective of this review is to (1) identify barriers and facilitators with respect to women’s health services at a primary care level based on a systematic review and narrative synthesis and (2) to conclude with recommendations for better services and uptake.Design Systematic review and narrative synthesis.Data sources PubMed, BMC Medicine, Medline, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library. Grey literature was also searched.Eligibility criteria Qualitative, quantitative and mixed studies were included in the review.Data extraction and synthesis The search took place at the beginning of June 2021 and was completed at the end of August 2021. Studies were included in the review based on the Sample, Phenomenon of Interest, Design, Evaluation, Research type criteria. The quality of the included studies was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Data were synthesised using a narrative synthesis approach.Results A total of 33 studies were included in the review. We identified six barriers to the delivery of effective primary healthcare for women’s health which have been organised under two core themes of ‘service barriers’ and ‘family/cultural barriers’. Ten barriers to the uptake of primary healthcare for women have been identified, under three core themes of ‘perceptions about healthcare service’, ‘cultural factors’ and ‘practical issues’. Three facilitators of primary healthcare delivery for women were identified: ‘motivating community health workers (CHWs) with continued training, salary, and supervision’ and ‘selection of CHWs on the basis of certain characteristics’. Five facilitators of the uptake of primary healthcare services for women were identified, under two core themes of ‘development of trust and acceptance’ and ‘use of technology’.Conclusions Change is needed not only to address the limitations of the primary healthcare services themselves, but also the cultural practices and limited awareness and literacy that prevent the uptake of healthcare services by women, in addition to the wider infrastructure in terms of the provision of financial support, public transport and child care centres.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020203472.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/10/e076883.full |
| spellingShingle | Jane Barlow Sara Rizvi Jafree Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the key barriers and facilitators to the delivery and uptake of primary healthcare services to women in Pakistan BMJ Open |
| title | Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the key barriers and facilitators to the delivery and uptake of primary healthcare services to women in Pakistan |
| title_full | Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the key barriers and facilitators to the delivery and uptake of primary healthcare services to women in Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the key barriers and facilitators to the delivery and uptake of primary healthcare services to women in Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the key barriers and facilitators to the delivery and uptake of primary healthcare services to women in Pakistan |
| title_short | Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the key barriers and facilitators to the delivery and uptake of primary healthcare services to women in Pakistan |
| title_sort | systematic review and narrative synthesis of the key barriers and facilitators to the delivery and uptake of primary healthcare services to women in pakistan |
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