Table 1 Topics addressed in maternal health interventional research between 2000 and 2012: setting, design and intervention type (column percentages)
| Â | Health systems (830) Col. % | Health promotion (626) Col. % | Clinical intervention (1533) Col. % | Type of clinical intervention | Total % (column) | Total N | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
APH/PPH (202) Col. % | Hypertension (232) Col. % | HIV (792) Col. % | STIs (122) Col. % | Malaria (283) Col. % | ||||||
Time period | ||||||||||
 2000–2003 | 17.8 | 15.5 | 17.6 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 17.1 | 27.4 | 14.6 | 17.7 | 370 |
 2004–2007 | 32.6 | 33.4 | 38.8 | 37.9 | 37.6 | 38.8 | 44.6 | 37.2 | 37.0 | 773 |
 2008–2012 | 49.6 | 51.1 | 43.6 | 42.9 | 43.2 | 44.1 | 28.0 | 48.2 | 45.3 | 947 |
Economic regiona | ||||||||||
 LIC | 42.2 | 45.8 | 37.3 | 23.3 | 18.5 | 40.4 | 28.9 | 55 | 37.2 | 724 |
 LMIC | 33.3 | 31.7 | 30.5 | 53.4 | 25.8 | 24 | 33 | 36.5 | 32.1 | 624 |
 UMIC | 29 | 25.8 | 36.8 | 29.4 | 59.6 | 40.4 | 47.4 | 10.8 | 35.4 | 688 |
Geographic regiona | ||||||||||
 East Asia Pacific | 12.6 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 16 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 19.6 | 9.2 | 11.6 | 226 |
 Europe, Central Asia | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3 | 6.1 | 9.9 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 0 | 3.2 | 63 |
 Latin America, Caribbean | 17.1 | 16.3 | 15.1 | 16 | 29.1 | 15.4 | 26.8 | 0.8 | 16.7 | 325 |
 Middle East, North Africa | 2.6 | 3 | 2.4 | 10.4 | 7.9 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 2.8 | 54 |
 South Asia | 19.7 | 23.7 | 8.7 | 25.2 | 21.2 | 4.5 | 9.3 | 2.8 | 13.7 | 267 |
 Sub-Saharan Africa | 48.9 | 45.7 | 63.6 | 39.3 | 31.1 | 70.8 | 43.3 | 88 | 55.4 | 1080 |
Multi-country study | ||||||||||
 Multi-country study | 7.1 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 166 |
Study design | ||||||||||
 Systematic review | 6.5 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 30.6 | 5.7 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 10.8 | 247 |
 Effectiveness research | 69.9 | 61.5 | 60.5 | 57.4 | 49.1 | 65.9 | 62.3 | 55.8 | 61.4 | 1408 |
 RCT | 5.2 | 11.2 | 15.8 | 21.8 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 9.8 | 21.2 | 13.1 | 301 |
 Qualitative study | 7.1 | 7.7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 5.3 | 121 |
 Modelling | 7.5 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 14.8 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 148 |
 Mixed methods research | 3.9 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 67 |
Impact Factor | ||||||||||
 None | 61.3 | 63.1 | 57.6 | 61.4 | 47.4 | 59 | 47.5 | 66.4 | 58.8 | 1348 |
 0–1 | 18.3 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 24.8 | 31 | 11.4 | 17.2 | 7.4 | 16.4 | 375 |
 2–4 | 15.2 | 15.2 | 18 | 8.4 | 14.7 | 18.4 | 32 | 19.1 | 16.8 | 385 |
  ≥ 5 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 11.2 | 3.3 | 7.1 | 8 | 184 |
Study examines inequalities | ||||||||||
 Yes | 14.3 | 20.9 | 5.9 | 9.9 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 10.2 | 9 | 206 |
Period targeteda | ||||||||||
 Pregnancy | 62.8 | 70.6 | 76.7 | 17.3 | 85.8 | 80.2 | 95.9 | 96.5 | 70.4 | 1613 |
 Childbirth | 65.5 | 59.6 | 41.2 | 89.1 | 44.8 | 44.7 | 22.1 | 9.5 | 49.9 | 1144 |
 Postpartum | 40.7 | 41.2 | 27.8 | 32.7 | 13.8 | 39 | 18 | 12.7 | 32 | 734 |
Intervention recipienta | ||||||||||
 Women | 56.3 | 78 | 88.6 | 75.7 | 85.3 | 89.9 | 77.9 | 90.8 | 79.1 | 1812 |
 Males | 4.1 | 10.5 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 72 |
 Family | 4.8 | 7.8 | 1.9 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 63 |
 Community | 8.6 | 16.9 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 106 |
 TBA | 8.4 | 13.3 | 1.7 | 9.4 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 89 |
 Medical doctor | 15.7 | 8.5 | 3.7 | 13.9 | 8.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 6.7 | 154 |
 HCW other than doctor | 25.5 | 14.1 | 5.7 | 19.8 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 2.8 | 11 | 251 |
 Community health worker | 8 | 10.2 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 79 |
 Managers and planners | 33.5 | 18.4 | 9.7 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 23.8 | 10.2 | 15.9 | 365 |
Includes health system component | ||||||||||
 Yes | 100 | 64.5 | 14.9 | 29.7 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 23 | 17 | 36.2 | 830 |
Includes health promotion component | ||||||||||
 Yes | 48.7 | 100 | 13.9 | 22.8 | 9.5 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 20.8 | 27.3 | 626 |
Outcomes reporteda | ||||||||||
 Maternal health | 42 | 44.6 | 62.5 | 77.2 | 84.9 | 49.4 | 62.3 | 70 | 56.2 | 1287 |
 Child health | 24.1 | 29.7 | 45.5 | 13.9 | 53.9 | 49.5 | 38.5 | 49.8 | 38.9 | 891 |
 Service delivery | 48.7 | 53 | 25.2 | 16.8 | 4.7 | 33.2 | 23 | 24 | 31.4 | 719 |
 Health economics | 14.2 | 12.8 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 18 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 181 |
 Other | 23.3 | 19 | 8.9 | 12.9 | 8.6 | 9 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 14.1 | 324 |