Interventions to improve perinatal outcomes among migrant women in high-income countries: a systematic review protocol
<strong>Introduction </strong>Women who are migrants and who are pregnant or postpartum are at high risk of poorer perinatal outcomes compared with host country populations due to experiencing numerous additional stressors including social exclusion and language barriers. High-income cou...
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| author | Stevenson, K Ogunlana, K Edwards, S Henderson, WG Rayment-Jones, H McGranahan, M Marti-Castaner, M Fellmeth, G Luchenski, S Stevenson, FA Knight, M Aldridge, RW |
| author_facet | Stevenson, K Ogunlana, K Edwards, S Henderson, WG Rayment-Jones, H McGranahan, M Marti-Castaner, M Fellmeth, G Luchenski, S Stevenson, FA Knight, M Aldridge, RW |
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| description | <strong>Introduction </strong>Women who are migrants and who are pregnant or postpartum are at high risk of poorer perinatal outcomes compared with host country populations due to experiencing numerous additional stressors including social exclusion and language barriers. High-income countries (HICs) host many migrants, including forced migrants who may face additional challenges in the peripartum period. Although HICs’ maternity care systems are often well developed, they are not routinely tailored to the needs of migrant women. The primary objective will be to determine what interventions exist to improve perinatal outcomes for migrant women in HICs. The secondary objective will be to explore the effectiveness of these interventions by exploring the impact on perinatal outcomes. The main outcomes of interest will be rates of preterm birth, birth weight, and number of antenatal or postnatal appointments attended.
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Methods and analysis </strong>This protocol follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Protocols guidelines. EMBASE, EMCARE, MEDLINE and PsycINFO, CENTRAL, Scopus, CINAHL Plus, and Web of Science, as well as grey literature sources will be searched from inception up to December 2022. We will include randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental and interventional studies of interventions, which aim to improve perinatal outcomes in any HIC. There will be no language restrictions. We will exclude studies presenting only qualitative outcomes and those including mixed populations of migrant and non-migrant women. Screening and data extraction will be completed by two independent reviewers and risk of bias will be assessed using the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies. If a collection of suitably comparable outcomes is retrieved, we will perform meta-analysis applying a random effects model. Presentation of results will comply with guidelines in the Cochrane Handbook of Systematic Reviews of Interventions and the PRISMA statement.
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Ethics and dissemination </strong>Ethical approval is not required. Results will be submitted for peer-reviewed publication and presented at national and international conferences. The findings will inform the work of the Lancet Migration European Hub.
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PROSPERO registration number </strong>CRD42022380678. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:1e374d8b-150d-460d-8892-6151a56f895a2023-10-31T17:35:44ZInterventions to improve perinatal outcomes among migrant women in high-income countries: a systematic review protocolJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:1e374d8b-150d-460d-8892-6151a56f895aEnglishSymplectic ElementsBMJ Publishing Group2023Stevenson, KOgunlana, KEdwards, SHenderson, WGRayment-Jones, HMcGranahan, MMarti-Castaner, MFellmeth, GLuchenski, SStevenson, FAKnight, MAldridge, RW<strong>Introduction </strong>Women who are migrants and who are pregnant or postpartum are at high risk of poorer perinatal outcomes compared with host country populations due to experiencing numerous additional stressors including social exclusion and language barriers. High-income countries (HICs) host many migrants, including forced migrants who may face additional challenges in the peripartum period. Although HICs’ maternity care systems are often well developed, they are not routinely tailored to the needs of migrant women. The primary objective will be to determine what interventions exist to improve perinatal outcomes for migrant women in HICs. The secondary objective will be to explore the effectiveness of these interventions by exploring the impact on perinatal outcomes. The main outcomes of interest will be rates of preterm birth, birth weight, and number of antenatal or postnatal appointments attended. <br><strong> Methods and analysis </strong>This protocol follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Protocols guidelines. EMBASE, EMCARE, MEDLINE and PsycINFO, CENTRAL, Scopus, CINAHL Plus, and Web of Science, as well as grey literature sources will be searched from inception up to December 2022. We will include randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental and interventional studies of interventions, which aim to improve perinatal outcomes in any HIC. There will be no language restrictions. We will exclude studies presenting only qualitative outcomes and those including mixed populations of migrant and non-migrant women. Screening and data extraction will be completed by two independent reviewers and risk of bias will be assessed using the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies. If a collection of suitably comparable outcomes is retrieved, we will perform meta-analysis applying a random effects model. Presentation of results will comply with guidelines in the Cochrane Handbook of Systematic Reviews of Interventions and the PRISMA statement. <br><strong> Ethics and dissemination </strong>Ethical approval is not required. Results will be submitted for peer-reviewed publication and presented at national and international conferences. The findings will inform the work of the Lancet Migration European Hub. <br><strong> PROSPERO registration number </strong>CRD42022380678. |
| spellingShingle | Stevenson, K Ogunlana, K Edwards, S Henderson, WG Rayment-Jones, H McGranahan, M Marti-Castaner, M Fellmeth, G Luchenski, S Stevenson, FA Knight, M Aldridge, RW Interventions to improve perinatal outcomes among migrant women in high-income countries: a systematic review protocol |
| title | Interventions to improve perinatal outcomes among migrant women in high-income countries: a systematic review protocol |
| title_full | Interventions to improve perinatal outcomes among migrant women in high-income countries: a systematic review protocol |
| title_fullStr | Interventions to improve perinatal outcomes among migrant women in high-income countries: a systematic review protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interventions to improve perinatal outcomes among migrant women in high-income countries: a systematic review protocol |
| title_short | Interventions to improve perinatal outcomes among migrant women in high-income countries: a systematic review protocol |
| title_sort | interventions to improve perinatal outcomes among migrant women in high income countries a systematic review protocol |
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