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Table 2 Characteristics of studies included in the analysis

From: Interventions to increase facility births and provision of postpartum care in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

Authors

Year of publication

Country

Area

Implementing agency

Year of data collection

Study design

Outcome(s) assessed

Definition of postpartum care

Effect estimate

Ommeh et al. SPS:refid::bib23[23]

2019

Kenya

[Not reported]

PharmAccess Foundation

[Not reported]

Cross-sectional mixed methods study

Facility birth

Not applicable

Proportion difference

Altaye et al. [37]

2018

Ethiopia

Rural

The Last Ten Kilometers (L10 K) Project

12/2014–01/2015

Cross-sectional study measuring the effects of self-reported exposure to Family Conversation strategy

Facility birth

Women receiving care at home by Health Extension Workers at within the 48 h following delivery

Proportion difference

Djelouli et al. [33]

2017

Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique

Rural

The

Missed Opportunities in Maternal and Infant

Health (MOMI) Project

10/2015–01/2016

Qualitative study using realist evaluation

Provision of postpartum care

Not reported

Qualitative insights

Masub-Saharan Africavon et al. [26]

2017

Uganda

[Not reported],

Doctors with Africa CUAMM

[Not reported]

Quasi-experimental study

Facility birth

Provision of postpartum care

Women receiving care at a health facility after delivery

Proportion difference

Pallangyo et al. [36]

2017

Tanzania

Urban

collegial facilitation

intervention project, ‘Improving postpartum care’

(IPPC)

2015 and 2016

Mixed methods study with the quantitative part using a pre-and-post evaluation

Provision of postpartum care

Not reported

Qualitative insights

August et al. [27]

2016

Tanzania

Rural

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

2012 and 2014

Quasi-experimental study

Facility birth

Not applicable

Proportion difference

Wang et al. [30]

2016

Zambia,

Rural

Ministry of Health

2013

Cluster randomized trial

Facility birth

Not applicable

AOR

Wilunda et al. [34]

2016

Ethiopia

[Not reported]

Doctors with Africa CUAMM

2013 and 2015

Pre-and-post evaluation study

Facility birth

Provision of postpartum care

Women receiving care at a health facility after delivery within the seven days following delivery

AOR

Proportion difference

Mwaniki et al. [24]

2015

Kenya

Rural

District Health

Management Team

2011 and 2012

Pre-and-post evaluation study

Facility birth

Not applicable

Difference in proportion

Obare et al. [22]

2013

Kenya

Rural

Ministry of Health

2010

Quasi experimental study

Facility birth

Provision of postpartum care

Care up to six weeks after delivery

OR

Proportion difference

Satti et al. [31]

2012

Lesotho

Rural

Partners In Health (PIH)

2009 and 2011

Cross-sectional study

Facility birth

Not applicable

Monthly average number

Turan et al. [35]

2011

Eritrea

Rural

Ministry of Health, UNFPA, Stanford Eritrean

Women’s Health Project

2005 and 2007

Quasi experimental study

Facility birth

Not applicable

Proportion difference

Sangho et al. [32]

2010

Mali

Rural

Centre de recherche d’études et de documentation pour la survie de l’enfant (CREDOS)

2007 and 2008

Intervention study using pre-and-post evaluation

Facility birth

Not applicable

Proportion difference

Mbonye et al. [25]

2007

Uganda

Rural and urban

[Not reported]

2003 and 2005

Non-randomized community trial

Facility birth

Not applicable

Proportion difference

  1. AOR adjusted odd ratio, OR odd ratio