Table 2 Study outputs
From: Perspectives on the methods of a large systematic mapping of maternal health interventions
• Symposium in South Africa involving about 100 people |
• Policy Brief circulated widely in South Africa |
• Open-access database of all included studies and data extracted, intended for use by other researchers [20] |
• Three articles published on the findings of the mapping [19] |
• A thematic series in Globalisation and Health, containing all articles from the mapping, a complementary mapping of literature in high-income countries [21] ; and a series of editorials [22] |
• Mapping contributed to the systematic reviews done to support the WHO guidelines on Health Promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health [23]. The mapping identified articles on specific topics, for example maternity waiting homes, and these then formed the basis for the systematic reviews on those topics. Mapping contributed to the evidence summaries for eleven of the twelve recommendations in the guidelines |
• The mapping methodology and findings were presented at two meetings at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland |
• Systematic reviews that draw on articles identified on specific topics in the mapping, such as on male involvement in maternal health and birth preparedness [24–26] |